Snowball seed oil

Viburnum opulus

Snowball seed oil is a pressed seed oil, extracted from the seeds of the Viburnum opulus (common snowball), which grows in Russia. Snowball bark contains a variety of bioactive substances, including tannic substances, saponins, vitamin K1, ascorbic acid and carotene, and is used medicinally.[1] The seeds, which contain up to 21% oil, are rich in tocopherol (Vitamin E), carotinoides (provitamin A) and micronutrients.[2] Snowball seed oil is little known or used outside Russia.

References

  1. ↑ "Common snowball".
  2. ↑ "Food and health: Viburnum oil".
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