可可脂 可可油Cacao Cocoa Butter.doc

可可脂 /可可油Cacao /Cocoa Butter 又名可可油。淡黄色固体脂肪，有特殊的香味和可口的滋味。入口即化，不觉油腻。密度0.970～0.998g／cm3。熔点30-35℃。不溶于水，微溶于乙醇。溶于氯仿、乙醚。 主要成分为硬脂酸酯、棕榈酸酯和月桂酸酯等。 生产方法：主要采用提取法。以可可树的种子可可豆为原料，经压榨、煎熬或采用溶剂萃取等进行提取而得。 用途：植物性脂肪。主要用作唇奋、发蜡、发观、香脂、香皂等化妆品的基质原料。使化妆品具有适当的稠度和硬度。具有优良的涂抹性，并能赋予化妆品光泽。 可可油的保湿效果是不可觑视的，在美国和日本流行着可可油按摩美容的说法，在做面膜的同时享受着巧克力香甜美味的香气，令精神和肌肤充分的放松，能更好的吸收营养成分。能立即恢复皮肤的弹性与光滑。 Cacao trees will grow in a limited geographical zone, of approximately 20 degrees to the north and south of the Equator. Nearly 70% of the world crop is grown in West Africa. The cacao plant was first given its botanical name by Swedish natural scientist Carolus Linnaeus in his original classification of the plant kingdom, who called it Theobroma ("food of the gods") cacao. Cocoa is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed from the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. Cocoa contain a high level of flavonoids, specifically epicatechin, which may have beneficial cardiovascular effects on health. The ingestion of flavonol-rich cocoa is associated with acute elevation of circulating nitric oxide, enhanced flow-mediated vasodilation, and augmented microcirculation. Cocoa also contains large amounts of antioxidants such as epicatechins and polyphenols. According to research at Cornell University, cocoa powder has nearly twice the antioxidants of red wine, and up to three times the antioxidants found in green tea. Cocoa also contains magnesium, iron, chromium, vitamin C, zinc and others. Foods rich in cocoa appear to reduce blood pressure but drinking green and black tea may not, according to an analysis of previously published research in the April 9, 2007 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A 15-year study of elderly men published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in 2006 found a 50 percent reduction in cardiovascular mortality and a 47 percent reduction in all-cause mortality for the men regularly consuming the most cocoa, compared to those consuming the least cocoa from all sourc