Cottonseed oil, hypolipidemic activity, neuroprotective activity, cardioprotective activity, biological activity and nutraceutical activities
Description : Cottonseed oil is an important vegetable oil derived from cottonseed plant. It offers numerous
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Cottonseed oil is an important vegetable oil derived from cottonseed plant. It offers numerous health benefits but it also contains a toxin named gossypols, which may cause various health complications thus it is always better to use cottonseed oil in refined form.
Nutritional profile
- Cottonseed oil is composed of three fatty acids, which include saturated fatty acid, monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids
- It mainly contains palmitic acid and stearic acid as saturated fatty acid whereas it mostly contains plamitoleic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid as unsaturated fatty acid
- It contains a healthy ratio of saturated and unsaturated fatty acid
- It does not contain any trans fat
- It is significantly rich in Vitamin E, which helps to exert strong antioxidant activity
- Vitamin K and choline are also present in cottonseed oil in small extent
- It also contains phytosterol
Biological activity
Antioxidant activity
- Its vitamin content especially Vitamin E content and phytosterol contents are responsible for exerting strong antioxidant activity
- It plays significant role in decreasing the amount of free radicals in body by scavenging them as a result it helps to protect the body from the harmful effects of free radicals
- It also helps to decrease the concentration of reactive oxygen species in body thus helps to protect DNA, RNA from damages
- It helps to decrease cellular damages as well by protecting all cells from oxidative damages
- It also helps to prevent the oxidation of various imperative biological substances of body, which ultimately lessen the risk of developing chronic diseases
- It helps to prevent lipid peroxidation as well
Anti-inflammatory activity
- Its monounsaturated fatty acid content is considered as the principal component that exerts anti-inflammatory activity
- It has seen that consumption of cottonseed oil or its application topically significantly decreases pain, joint swelling and headache
- It helps to improve the symptoms of arthritis as well as gout
- Consumption of this oil also helps to sooth stomach and protects the digestive tract from inflammatory damages thus it plays imperative role in reducing the susceptibility inflammatory bowel disease
Anti-carcinogenic activity
- It plays significant role in decreasing the prevalence of carcinoma as it helps to provide protection against carcinogens
- It is closely related with reducing the prevalence of prostate cancer by decreasing the growth of cancerous prostate tissue and also helps to decrease prostate enlargement
- Cottonseed oil is also associated with suppressing the growth of those malignant cells, which are resistant to multiple drugs
- It helps to inhibit the growth of tumor cell as well
- It also helps to reduce the prevalence of breast cancer
Health benefits
Role on immunity
- It helps to strengthen the defense mechanism of body and also improves the body’s ability to fight against various pathogens as well as foreign bodies
- It also helps in improving immunological responses of body
Role on nervous system
- It plays vital role in boosting up the health and functionality of nervous system
- Its antioxidant activity is responsible for protecting neurons from oxidative damages, which decreases the prevalence of various neurological disorders especially dementia
- It also helps to decrease inflammation within neural pathway
- It has seen that consumption of cottonseed oil is related with inhibiting beta-amyloid plaque deposition, which ultimately helps to keep an individual sharp
- Its monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acid contents play imperative role in improving cognition
- It helps to improve memory as well
Role on wound healing
- Its antioxidant activity and Vitamin E component are accountable for accelerating healing process as they help to stimulate the growth of new cells and tissues at the site of wound
- Cottonseed oil can be applied on cuts or wounds or scratches or scrapes for rapid healing and it also protects the site of wound from infection or sepsis
Role on regulating cholesterol level
- Cottonseed oil is loaded with phytosterols that play imperative role in decreasing cholesterol concentration
- Phytosterols are basically phytosteroids found in plants, which look like cholesterol
- Phytosterol is responsible for decreasing the synthesis of cholesterol within body and it also helps in limiting the amount of cholesterol, Read more
