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Cocklebur oil

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Cocklebur oil is obtained by pressing the seeds of cockleburs (Xanthium ssp.), plants that are otherwise considered an agricultural pest that can harm or kill livestock. The oil is similar to poppyseed oil, light yellow in color, and similar to sunflower oil in taste and smell.[1][2]

Notes and references

  1. ^ N. Maximov (1963). "Physico-Chemical Investigation of Cocklebur Oil". Comptes Rendus. Akademiia nauk SSSR: 381-.
  2. ^ J. S. McHargue (April 1921). "Some Points of Interest Concerning the Cocklebur and Its Seeds". Ecology. 2 (2). Ecological Society of America: 110–119. doi:10.2307/1928923. JSTOR 1928923.


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