Seeds of cotton
Cotton is a shrub growing in the hot areas, and extracted from cotton, which enters the manufacture of cotton clothing known, and the best types of cotton is Egyptian cotton, cotton is a plant around the Muammar, and also extracted cotton seeds from which the extraction of cotton oil, which has a lot of uses, Cotton seeds are small, flax-like seeds, brown in color and have many benefits.
Benefits of cotton seeds
Oil is extracted from cotton called cotton seed oil seeds, this oil carries great benefits you may not expect, and this oil has a flavor similar to walnut flavor, one of the types of vegetable oils that are used in most countries of the world in popular kitchens, and the most important of these benefits:
- It contains a small amount of cholesterol, which makes it useful for people with cholesterol, it can be used as an alternative to other oils.
- Contains a quantity of antioxidants, and it is rich in vitamin E which makes it a good treatment for the elimination of free radicals, and protects against cancer.
- Enter in different cosmetics such as skin care creams and others.
- It can be used in different dishes, especially the salads. It is also used in sweets as an alternative to cocoa butter. It is known to enhance the different flavors found in food, unlike other oils.
- It is much lighter than other oils, so it can be safely introduced into healthy diets.
Components of cotton seed oil
Cotton seed oil consists of a group of acids important to the body are:
- Linoleic Acid: Oil contains a high percentage of linoleic acid up to 58% and not less than 49%.
- Palmitic acid: The percentage of palmitic acid in cottonseed oil is approximately 26%.
- Oleic acid: Its oil content ranges from 15 to 20%.
- A group of other acids up to 10%, including peanut acid, bhenic acid, lemongrass acid, and zeetic acid.
The process of extracting cottonseed oil produces beneficial residues that are exploited in other industries. The residue of the oil purification process is used in the manufacture of soap and wax, and the process of extracting a material called gain is derived from the intervention of this material in the animal feed industry because it contains a good percentage Of the protein, and makes it edible flour in humans can be digested easily, and the crust used in feeding cows, as well as in the manufacture of a cover for soil and some chemicals.