Commodity:

Evening Primrose oil

Other Names:

Tree Primrose, Sundrop, King's Cure All

Type:

Vegetable Oil

Botanical Name:

Oenothera fiennis

CAS #:

65546-85-2

FEMA:

N/A

EINECS:

N/A

Part used:

Seed

Extraction Type:

Cold pressed

Packing:

50 kg plastic drum

Specifications

Constituents,tyipical value

An example of analysis reslut

74% Linoleic Acid (LA),

11% Oleic Acid,

6% Palmitic Acid,

2% Stearic Acid

8-10% Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA)

Fatty acid profile               (%)

16:0  Palmitic                 6.2

18:0  Stearic                                 1.8

18:1  Oleic                                        7.6

18:2  Linoleic                                73.9

18:3  γ-Linolenic                       9.5

18:3  α-Linolenic                        0.5

20:0  Icosanoic                                0.3

20:1  Icosenoic                          0.2

Acid Value (mgKOH/g)         0.6

Peroxide Value (me/kg)         2.0