CAS Number: 90028-66-3
EINECS Number：289-859-2
Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis L) is commonly known as mountain sesame, because its flowers bloom mostly at night, and the fragrance is elegant, also known as nightshade.
Evening primrose seeds contain 20%~30% evening primrose oil, evening primrose is mainly produced in northeast and northwest China, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jilin and other places are planted, due to the different raw material varieties, origin and harvest time, product quality has certain differences. Evening primrose seeds generally contain 15%~26% oil, and the content of γ-linolenic acid in the oil is 9%~13%.
Evening primrose oil (EPO), formerly known as evening primrose, It has a bitter taste, slightly pungent and slightly sweet. the main ingredients: r-linolenic acid, magnesium, zinc, copper, vitamins C, E, B6, B5. Among them, the main active ingredient of evening primrose oil is γ-linolenic acid (GLA), GLA is an omega-6 fatty acid found in plant oils.
Related studies have shown that evening primrose oil and its products have medicinal effects in the treatment of hypertension, prevention of cerebral thrombosis, lipid lowering, anti-aging, etc., and the γ-linolenic acid in evening primrose oil is an excellent conditioning agent and nutritional supplement in skin care products.
Why is GLA so good for the human body?
First of all, we must understand that fats are formed by the combination of fatty acids, and the proportion of different types of fatty acids is combined into various fats, and the human body can also convert various different fatty acids to meet the physiological needs of the human body. However, for a small number of specific fatty acids such as GLA or EPA, ...... the human body cannot synthesize on its own, and must be obtained by food intake, we call these fatty acids "essential fatty acids", lack of essential fatty acids such as linolenic acid or linolenic acid, the most obvious symptom is that the skin is extremely dry or even inflamed, which causes itching. Essential fatty acid deficiencies are most likely to occur in infants, causing underdevelopment. Although adults are less susceptible to essential fatty acid deficiency due to the dietary habits of developing or developed countries, many essential fatty acids, such as EPA and DHA in fish oil, which we discussed earlier, and GLA in evening primrose oil, which we discussed, can also have beneficial physiological effects when consumed in high amounts.
Therefore, evening primrose oil (EPO) is known as the "protagonist of functional medicinal food in the 21st century".
Joylife aims to help people be healthier and we are offering various specification of EOP:
Specifications of Evening Primrose Oil (EPO):
1.Evening Primrose Oil (EPO): GLA ≥9% & GLA ≥10%
2.Evening Primrose Oil Powder: GLA≥ 4%
3.Organic Evening primrose oil
4.Cold-pressed evening primrose oil (non-refined)
About Quality Control
Evening primrose oil contains more than 90% unsaturated fatty acids, which lead to poor stability of oils and fats due to their special fatty acid composition, and are highly susceptible to oxidative rancidity. The peroxide value is an important indicator to measure the oxidation of oils and fats. The main factors that cause oil and grease to deteriorate are oxygen in the air, storage temperature, light and storage time
Therefore, in the process of processing and storage, the processing process should be minimized, the opportunity to contact with the air should be reduced, and the influence of high temperature should be avoided, especially in the softening and pressing process, the solvent evaporation and stripping process of the leaching process, and the alkali refining, decolorization and deodorization process in the refining process, the operating conditions must be strictly controlled.
In the refining process, Joylife adopt methods such as low temperature, vacuum, helium filling, minimizing high temperature time, and sealing to control the quality and refining rate.
Packing Info:
190Kg/drum,25kg/drum
PS: After the oil is filled into a barrel, it is filled with helium and stored in an airtight condition.
In order to prevent oxidation and rancidity of oil and fat during storage and transportation, it is required to store at low temperature and away from light as much as possible.
Applications of Evening Primrose Oil (EPO):
Dosage form: Capsules, tablets
Brands products application:
Blackmores,Nature's Way, Barlean's Organic Oils, Sports Research, Trunature
More
1. Evening primrose oil (EPO) is used as emulsions and capsules in medicine.
2. Evening primrose oil (EPO) is used as ointments in beauty cosmetics.
3. Evening primrose oil (EPO) is used directly as nutritional health oil and nutritional blending oil in nutritional foods.
4. Evening primrose oil (EPO) can be added to other foods to produce functional health foods.
5. Evening primrose oil (EPO) can be combined with other nutrients such as VE, oryzanol, and fish oil to produce nutritional oil capsules.
