Sunflower Seed or sunflower Kernels:what is Marigold of Peru.Corona Solis.Sola Indianus.Chrysanthemum Peruvianum?

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PhytoChemicals and Constituents of Sunflower seed.

Sunflower seed Extract INCI Name Helianthus Annuus Seed Extract CAS 84776-03-4 sunflower seed kernel extract HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED EXTRACT photo picture image 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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