Artichoke oil

Artichoke oil

Artichoke oil is extracted from the seeds of the "Cynara cardunculus" (cardoon). It is similar in composition to safflower and sunflower oil. The fatty acid composition of artichoke oil is:cite web
title=Plant Oils Used for Bio-diesel
url=http://www.bdpedia.com/biodiesel/plant_oils/plant_oils.html
publisher= [http://www.bdpedia.com/ BDPedia.com] , the Biodiesel WWW Encyclopedia
accessdate=2006-11-18]

Recently, artichoke oil has attracted some attention as a possible source of biodiesel. [cite paper
title=Cynara Cardunculus as an alternative crop for biodiesel production
author=Jorgelina Cecilia Pasqualino
date=May 3, 2004
publisher=Rovira i Virgili University] [cite journal
title=Oil and paper pulp from Cynara cardunculus: preliminary results
author=Mlayah B. Benjelloun, S. de Lopez and M. Delmas
journal=Industr. Crops Prod
volume=6
issue=3
doi=10.1016/S0926-6690(97)00013-7
url=http://www.kew.org/kbd/detailedresult.do?id=118333
year=1997
pages=233]

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