Grape seed Oil

Botanical Name of Grape seed:  Vitis vinifera

Synonyms: Common Grape Vine, V. vinifera subsp. sylvestris

About Grape seed: Vitis vinifera which is commonly referred to as ‘the common grape vine’ is a native plant to Mediterranean region, central Europe and South West Asia. This vine usually grows up to 35 meters in length and bears berry like fruits known as grapes. The fruits are dark purple to black in colour and have a diameter of around 6mm. The seeds of these grapes as used to extract oil which is known as grape seed oil.

History of Grape seed: The association of human with plants started probably since the start of our race. The presence of vitis vinifera has been dated way back to some 200 million years. However the domesticated forms of grapes have been known to be available between 3500 to 3000 BC. The first written historical evidence reveals that grape popularly used around 3^rd millennium BC.  Grapes had lot of economic value and importance till the 7^th century in the region of Middle-East. Grapes are also known to have followed European colonies all around the world.

Properties of Grape seed Oil: Grape seed oil is mostly used as a carrier oil as it is odourless and gets easily absorbed in the skin. The Oil is obtained by pressing seeds of the grapes . The major chemical constituents of this essential oil include: Linoleic acid, Palmatic acid, Palmitoleic, Stearic, Oleic, Icosanoic, Icosenoic, Docosanoic, Alpha Linoleic, etc.

Health Benefits and Applications Grape seed Oil:

Grape seed Oil is known to have number of benefits, some of the important ones include:

Carrier Oil: Grape seed oil serves as excellent carrier oil while blending of two or more essential oil. This is fine textured oil which has almost no odour of its own and blends well with other oils.

Cooking: Grape seed oil is also used for cooking as it has a higher smoke point compared to other popular cooking oils. It is also used in salads, dressing and mayonnaise.

Astringent: This essential oil has qualities of an astringent and hence very good for our gums and skin toning.

Skincare: Grape seed oil gets absorbed easily in our skin and acts as an excellent moisturizer for dry skin.

Anti oxidants: It is rich in anti oxidants so it helps to clean the toxins from our body.

Other therapeutic properties of Grape seed Oil that make it useful are; anti ageing properties, rich in vitamins and minerals, Pre menstrual syndrome (PMS), etc.

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