Product description:

100% Organic Dende (Red Palm Fruit) Oil

This oil is extracted from the pulp of the fruit of the palm tree Elaeis guineensis. The palm trees are organically cultivated and the oil is physically extracted (by mechanical pressing) without the use of solvents or other chemical substances.
The source is a sustainable supply in Brazil - concern relating to the production and use of palm fruit oil focusses on that produced predominantly in Indonesia and South-East Asia.
Due to the natural antioxidants (tocotrienols) and their low content of linolenic acid (C18:3), this oil is very stable to oxidation. It is semi-solid at ambient temperature. Sometimes a phase separation occurs, which is due to its typical composition, with approximately 50% saturated fatty acids, 40% monounsaturated fatty acids and 10% polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Tocopherols and Tocotrienols

Vitamin E is best thought of as a vitamin complex consisting of two therapeutic groups of compounds with vitamin E activity: tocopherols and tocotrienols. Each group comprises four different isomers - alpha, beta, gamma and delta - which all have different biological activities and potential therapeutic benefits. Tocopherols are present in most vegetable oils and are more common in the diet then tocotrienols, which are found at relatively high concentrations in oil extracted from the fruit of the palm tree. Tocotrienols are shown to be more potent, therapeutically, than tocopherols. For example, the antioxidant capabilities of tocotrienols are 40-50 times that of tocopherols. In addition, other isomers are more potent than alpha tocopherol. Both gamma tocopherol and alpha tocotrienol may be more potent antioxidants than alpha tocopherols.

Antioxidant Levels of Vitamin E Complex in Sunshine Factor (tocopherol & tocotrienol)