Changes in Pumpkin Seed Oil Production and Local Communities. Examples from the Hungarian-Slovenian Borderland

Pumpkin Seed Oil: An Alternative Medicine

Pumpkin seed oil has long been considered as an ingredient for its nutritional and medicinal values for the prevention of various ailments, especially for prostate diseases. In addition, several studies have suggested the crucial roles and effectiveness of pumpkin seed oil in the treatment of diabetes, anxiety and even cancer. Pumpkin seed oil is being used in several countries worldwide includ...

Use of local material in seed-bed mixes for production of seedling from true potato seed

Oil and tocopherol content and composition of pumpkin seed oil in 12 cultivars.

Twelve pumpkin cultivars (Cucurbita maxima D.), cultivated in Iowa, were studied for their seed oil content, fatty acid composition, and tocopherol content. Oil content ranged from 10.9 to 30.9%. Total unsaturated fatty acid content ranged from 73.1 to 80.5%. The predominant fatty acids present were linoleic, oleic, palmitic, and stearic. Significant differences were observed among the cultivar...

Biodiesel production from Fructus Schisandrae seed oil

Rongjun Fan, Jiaxin Zhao, Yingda Du, Wei Zhao, Wei Guo, Jingang Yang and Xia Chen* National and Local United Engineering Laboratory for Chinese Herbal Medicine Breeding and Cultivation and College of life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, P R China Harbin Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin 150000, P R China Changbai Mountain Academy of Sciences, Antu 133613, P R China...

Pumpkin Seed Oil Extracted From Cucurbita maxima Improves Urinary Disorder in Human Overactive Bladder

The pumpkin seed oil obtained from Cucurbita pepo has been shown to be useful for the treatment of nocturia in patients with urinal disorders in several western countries. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the pumpkin seed oil from Cucurbita maxima on urinary dysfunction in human overactive bladder (OAB). Forty-five subjects were enrolled in this study. An extract of pumpkin seed oil fr...