Sunflower Seed or sunflower Kernels:what is Marigold of Peru.Corona Solis.Sola Indianus.Chrysanthemum Peruvianum?
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical Info:Sunflower.
- .Sunflower Botanical Description.
- .PhytoChemicals and Constituents of Sunflower seed.
- .Sunflower seed Common Possible Uses and Applications.
- .Sunflower Historical Perspective.
- .Ways to Enjoy Sunflower Kernels?.
- .Consumers Worldwide Love Eating In-Shell Seeds.
- .Sunflower Oil - Your Healthy Choice and its infomation.
- .Nutrition Content and Analysis of Sunflower Seed.
- .Flower formation of Helianthus annuus.
- .Research Update:Helianthus annuus,Sunflower Kernel.
PhytoChemicals and Constituents of Sunflower seed.
The black-seeded variety yield between 50 and 60 per cent of the best grade of oil.
The oil has a specific gravity of from 0.924 to 0.926, solidifies at 5 degrees F., is slightly yellowish, limpid, of a sweetish taste and odourless. It dries slowly and forms one of the best burning oils known, burning longer than any other vegetable oil.
Ludwig and Kromayer obtained a tannin which they called Helianthitanic acid, and gave it the formula Cl4H9O8. On boiling with moderately diluted hydrochloric acid, they obtained a fermentable sugar and a violet colouring matter. E. Diek found only small quantities of Inulin, large quantities of Levulin and a dextro-rotatory sugar.
All parts of the plant contain much carbonate of potash.
Facts About Vitamin E:
Sunflower seeds are the best whole food source of vitamin E, an antioxidant important to health, according to the USDA Nutrient Database. One ounce of oil-roasted sunflower seeds provides a whopping 76% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance for vitamin E.
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