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SUNFLOWER OIL SEED [2 records]

Record 1 2021-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oilseed Crops
CONT

Traditional canola, soybean, and sunflower oilseeds are low in saturated fat and high in linoleic and linolenic acids, which are both polyunsaturated fatty acids.

OBS

sunflower oilseed; oilseed sunflower: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • sunflower oil seed
  • oil seed sunflower
  • sunflower oilseeds
  • oilseed sunflower
  • sunflower oil seeds
  • oil seed sunflowers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes oléagineuses
OBS

tournesol oléagineux : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • tournesols oléagineux

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
  • Oilseed Crops

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
  • Culture des plantes oléagineuses
CONT

L'huile de tournesol, légère au goût neutre à froid; elle reste fluide à 0°C et convient pour l'assaisonnement mais aussi pour les fritures douces; elle est de plus en plus consommée en raison de ses qualités diététiques.

OBS

Observation : Huile riche en glycérides de l'acide linoléique. Emplois : alimentation, savonnerie. Régions de production : U.R.S.S., Roumanie, Hongrie, Yougoslavie, Bulgarie, Argentine, États-Unis, Rhodésie, Afrique du Sud.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Substancias grasas (Industria alimentaria)
  • Cultivo de oleaginosas
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