Flaxseed oil: Extraction, health benefits and products

Benefits of flaxseed

As its name would suggest, flaxseed is? a seed from the flax plant! These sometimes golden or reddish brown seeds come from the flax herb (Linum usitatissimum), and are about the same size as sesame seeds. The National Institutes of Health [2] (NIH) suggests this blue flowering plant may have originated in Egypt. While small in size and mild in flavor, flaxseeds pack a nutritional punch! Many p...

Health Benefits of Olives and Olive Oil

Flaxseed and cardiovascular health.

Flaxseed and its components may improve cardiovascular health because of their numerous attributes. Flaxseed contains 35% of its mass as oil, of which 55% is alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). Flax meal, which is devoid of oil, contains the lignan secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG). Flaxseed, flaxseed with very low ALA, flaxseed oil, flax lignan complex (FLC), and SDG reduce the development of hyp...

Extraction of shrimp astaxanthin with flaxseed oil: Effects on lipid oxidation and astaxanthin degradation rates

5 Approved for publication by the director * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ1 225 578 061 E-mail address: [email protected] 1537-5110/$ e see front matter a 2010 IAgrE doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.10.001 Astaxanthin extracted from shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus) byproducts using flaxseed oil (FO) was evaluated for the kinetics of lipid oxidation of FO containing astaxanthin (FOA) and a...

A Review on Biosynthesis, Health Benefits and Extraction Methods of Fucoxanthin, Particular Marine Carotenoids in Algae

Fucoxanthin, an allenic carotenoid, is abundant in macro and microalgae as a component of the light-harvesting complex for photosynthesis and photo protection. This carotenoid has shown important pharmaceutical bioactivity, exerting antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-obesity, anti-photoaging, anti-angiogenic, and anti-metastatic effects on a variety of biological models. This caroten...