Seed oil is a vegetable oil that obtained from plant seeds since antiquity. It is widely used in cooking and as functional food. The oilcrops vary from numerous species of plants and the seed oil produced not only can be used as functional oil but also as raw materials for oleochemical industries.
What are oilseed crops used for?
Oilseed crops are predominantly grown for the oil contained in their seeds. The vegetable oil is primarily utilized as edible oil; however, oilseeds are also used as protein meals for livestock, pharmaceuticals, biofuels, as well as other oleochemical industrial uses.
What seeds are used in oil production?
However, different plants seed including soybean, palm, sesame, sunflower, safflower, linseed, grape, camelina, chia, garden cress, English walnut & hemp, eucommia ulmoides oliver, avocado, pomegranate, pumpkin, sweet cherry, kangar, sacha inchi, pistachio and cottonseeds are being used to produce the oil.
What are oil seed crops?
Oilseed crops are generally grown for the oil in their seeds and vary considerably in oil content, quality, and composition ? factors that rely heavily on the crop species or cultivar and upon the environmental conditions in which the crop is grown.