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  • How is prickly pear seeds oil extracted?
  • Prickly pear seeds oil has been extracted using different extraction techniques from conventional to advanced. Chemical characterization of the oil has been sufficiently studied, and it is sufficiently understood that the oil is a high linoleic oil. Its composition is influenced by the variety and environment and also by the method of extraction.
  • How is PPSO extracted from prickly pear seeds?
  • Conclusions The PPSO has been extracted from prickly pear seeds using different extraction techniques, from conventional to advanced, and the PPSO yield varied depending on many factors, including geographic region, harvest period, fruit variety, maturation, extraction method and type of extraction solvent.
  • Is prickly pear oil a linoleic oil?
  • Chemical characterization of the oil has been sufficiently studied, and it is sufficiently understood that the oil is a high linoleic oil. Its composition is influenced by the variety and environment and also by the method of extraction. The health benefits of the prickly pear seed oil were reported by many researchers.
  • What is prickly pear extract?
  • The recovered extract obtained with supercritical fractionation of the defatted seeds of the prickly pear from Algerian Opuntia ficus - indica was rich in antioxidants catechin, epicatechin, and ferulic acid, which are known to be good for human health .
  • Do prickly pear seeds contain oil?
  • The entire fruit of prickly pear contains 9–10% of seeds [1, 2]. The prickly pear seeds showed to contain polysaccharides, cellulose and hemicelluloses . Many studies have suggested prickly pear seeds as a new source of fruit oils [4, 5]. The extracted oil presented 5–15.5% of total seed composition [1, 2, 6, 7].
  • Which solvent is used to extract prickly pear seeds?
  • Moreover, PPSO extracted from prickly pear seeds originated from Yemen, using maceration extraction with different solvents in the same conditions, indicated that chloroform and methanol in a ratio of 2:1 showed higher yield (7.76 ± 0.43%), following by petroleum ether (6.1 ± 0.41%) and hexane (5.0 ± 0.36) .