Sacha inchi nut oil is extracted by pressing it from the seeds and flesh of the fruit from the Plukenetia volubilis, or pracaxi, a tree native to the area surrounding the Amazon River.
Sacha Inchi oil has with approximately 50% a very high content of the omega-3 fatty acid alpha-linolenic acid, which makes it comparable to flaxseed oil.[1] Sacha Inchi oil has a very high content of Tocopherols (176–226 mg/100 g) which consists predominantly of gamma-Tocopherol (50%) and delta-Tocopherol.
^Fanali C; Dugo L; Cacciola F; Beccaria M; Grasso S; Dachà M; Dugo P; Mondello L. (December 2011). "Chemical characterization of Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) oil". J Agric Food Chem. 59 (24): 13043–9. doi:10.1021/jf203184y. PMID 22053706.
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