Tea seed oil may be healthy option
Scientists at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat have reported that oil extracted from the seeds of some of the tea varieties grown in Assam is heart-friendly with high levels of unsaturated fatty acids.
Researchers studied eight tea seed stocks for their biochemical and physical properties. They found that in as many as seven of them, unsaturated fatty acids constituted for more than 90 per cent of the total fatty acids, from 90.49 per cent to 97.79 per cent. Of them, five had high levels of mono-unsaturated fatty acids, ranging from 49.56 per cent to 63.86 per cent, according to findings published in journal Current Science.
Speaking to India Science Wire, Dr. Priyanka Das of the Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry at the University, who conducted the study alo...
