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Record 1 2001-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Cosmetology
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Pharmacology
CONT

Avocado oil is obtained from the fleshy portions of the Avocado pear ... of the Calavo variety, which are of good quality but scarred or blemished and so are unsuitable for marketing as fresh fruit.

CONT

Avocado oil is rich in vitamins and potassium which revitalize and safely promote healing while overcoming dryness around the eye area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Cosmétologie
  • Culture des plantes médicinales
  • Pharmacologie
OBS

Provient de la pression à froid de l'avocat, fruit extrêmement riche en vitamines. Il contient de la provitamine A, des vitamines du groupe B, des vitamines E et K, de la lécithine, des phytostérols. L'huile extraite est verdâtre, très grasse et facilement assimilable par la peau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Productos de belleza
  • Cultivo de plantas medicinales
  • Farmacología
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