plant oils
Botanical lipid sources
Plant oils are fats extracted from seeds, nuts, fruits, or other plant parts—olive oil from olives, coconut oil from coconuts, canola oil from rapeseed.
They serve as cooking fats, salad dressings, and ingredients in cosmetics, soaps, and industrial products.
Most are liquid at room temperature, distinguishing them from animal fats.
She prefers cooking with plant oils rather than butter.
- cold pressedProcessed without added heat
- natural remediesNon-pharmaceutical healing approaches
- deep fryingCooking fully in oil
- essential oilsConcentrated plant-derived aromatics
- fragrantEmitting pleasant smell
moisturizing · skin care · salad · salad dressing · viscous · massage · rancid · cooking · golden · infused · slick · essential · drizzle · frying · seeds · extraction · sizzling · aromatic
- Plant Lipidsphospholipids, glycolipids, phytosterols, waxes, seed oils
- plant productslumber, cotton fiber, fiber, starch, cellulose
- Cosmetic Ingredientshyaluronic acid, retinol, niacinamide, glycerin, dimethicone
- Natural Compoundsalkaloids, flavonoids, terpenes, polyphenols, glycosides
- agroenergybiofuel, biofuels, biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas
- eco-friendlysustainable, fair trade, green, biodegradable, recyclable
origin type
plant oilsmineral oil
Colorless petroleum-derived liquid
petroleum · crude oil · synthetic oils · motor oil · fossil fuels