Ucuhuba Seed Oil

Ucuhuba Seed Oil

Ucuhuba seed oil, oil extracted from the seed of ucuhuba ("Virola surinamensis"). Ucuhuba tree grows in South America. Its seeds provide oil rich in myristic acid. The ucuhuba oil contains 13% lauric acid, 69% myristic acid, 7% palmitic acid and traces of oleic acid and linoleic acid. [Gunstone "et al. "2007, p.86]

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Gunstone, F.D "et al." (2007). "The Lipid Handbook with CD-ROM", Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-9688-3


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