Published in Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XXIV
Written by Ana-Simona COPACI, Ştefana JURCOANE
Camelina oil is obtained by pressing the seeds of Camelina sativa. Their pressing is done by a cold process. The oil samples used were obtained from the Camelina sativa - Mădălina variety, which was cultivated at the Belciugatele farm, with a working point Moara Domneasca (Găneasa commune, Ilfov county) between 2017-2018. The present project aims at the use of camelina oil in cosmetic preparations, using 4 types of oil grown in an ecological system, but their storage was different namely: some of the samples were kept at ambient temperature, in plastic dark blue cans, their capacity being 10l, but they were filled with 5l oil, in parallel being kept experiments at the refrigerator in brown glass containers, fully filled, in order to obtain the purest oil, but also the most complete one in terms of preservation of the biochemical qualities. The determinations made consisted of: appearance, odor, color, determination of iodine and saponification indices, as well as composition in fatty acids. All these determinations have led to the most efficient flow of camelina oil purification used in the cosmetic industry.
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