• What is cottonseed oil?
  • Cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the cotton plant after the cotton lint has been removed. It¡¯s composed of linters (10%), cotton shell (40~45%) and kernel. the oil content of cotton seed is 15%-25%, the oil content of kernel is 30%-40% after decorticating.
  • Which countries produce cottonseed oil?
  • Five major producers of cottonseed oil are China, the United States, India, the former Soviet Union, and Pakistan with 27, 12, 11, 10, and 9% production respectively that contribute 70% of global vegetable oil production (Song and Zhang 2007).
  • How is Cs-O extracted from cottonseed?
  • CS-O can be extracted from cottonseed (CS) by microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), aqueous/solvent extraction (A/SE), aqueous ethanol extraction (A-EE), subcritical water extraction, supercritical carbon dioxide extraction (SC-CO2), and enzyme-assisted extraction (E-AE).
  • Do seed oil contents affect cotton seed yield and fiber quality?
  • Association of seed oil contents with other parameters During breeding for simultaneous improvement of cotton seed yield, fiber quality, and oil contents, breeders should be well aware of the direction and magnitude of genetic correlation between these economic importance traits which may assist in selection of breeding strategies.
  • Does pressure cooking reduce gossypol concentrations in cottonseed kernels?
  • Heat and pressure conditions (Gribbins, 1951) have also been evaluated for reducing the gossypol concentrations in cottonseed kernels. It was established that pressure cooking decreased the gossypol concentration by up to 91.1% in CSM (Gad & El-Zalaki, 1980).
  • What is cottonseed oil (CSO)?
  • The worldwide cottonseed production in 2019¨C2020 was 43 million metric ton (Kumar et al. 2022). Cottonseed oil (CSO) is the by-product of cotton manufacturer; extracted from the decorticated and delinted cottonseed for their used as edible oil and industrial applications (Orhevba and Efomah 2012; Shah 2017).