Astrocaryum murumuru
| Astrocaryum murumuru | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Drying murumuru seeds | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Astrocaryum |
| Species: | A. murumuru |
| Binomial name | |
| Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Astrocaryum murumuru (Portuguese common name murumuru) is a palm native to Amazon Rainforest vegetation in Brazil, which bears edible fruits. Murumuru butter, extracted from the seeds of the plant, may be used as a moisturizer.[1]
The murumuru palm trees grow in Brazil and around the Amazon and are one of the dominant tree in this region. It has a thick trunk and a shuttlecock-shaped, bushy crown. The nutritious, edible fruits are an important local food source and materials made from the tree, fruit, and seed kernels are commercially significant to the region. Hammocks are made from the tree’s fibres. Murumuru butter is highly emollient and moisturizing. It is also film-forming and naturally glossy. These qualities make it very protective. It contains vitamins and has a high content of beneficial oleic acid. The oil from the seeds is traditionally used to soften and protect hair. Murumuru butter is the white to yellowish fat obtained from the seeds of the murumuru palm. [2]
Astrocaryum murumuru butter
Butter murumuru is employed in lotions, creams, soaps hair conditioners, facial masks, shampoo, oils and emulsions, skin moisturizer, products for the nutrition of the hair and restore damaged hair, depilatory waxes.[3]
Acid composition of fatty-virgin Murumuru butter
| Caprylic acid | Weight% | 2 - 4 |
|---|---|---|
| capric acid | Weight% | 1-3 |
| lauric acid | Weight% | 40 - 50 |
| myristic acid | Weight% | 28-33 |
| palmitic acid | Weight% | a 5 - 10 |
| palmitoleic acid | Weight% | 2 - 4 |
| stearic acid | Weight% | 2 - 5 |
| oleic acid | Weight% | a 5 - 10 |
| linoleic acid | Weight% | 1-5 |
| Saturated | % | 90 |
| Unsaturated | % | 10 |
Physico-chemical composition
| Feature | Unit | presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Appearance (25 ° C) | --- | Solid |
| Color | --- | White to beige |
| Odor | --- | peculiar |
| Index of acidity | mg KOH / g | <15.0 |
| Index peroxide | 10 meq O2 / kg | <10.0 |
| Index of Iodine | gI2/100g | 10-15 |
| Index of saponification | mg KOH / g | 230-240 |
| Density | 25ºC g/ml | 0.9325 |
| Melting point | ºC | 30-35 |
See also
- List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil
- Amazon oil
References
- ↑ Daswani, Kavita (13 June 2010). "Makeup and skin products that are fresh, new and natural". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ↑ http://www.lushusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Lush-Site/en_US/Lushopedia-Start?iid=10219 Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ PLANTAS DA AMAZÔNIA PARA PRODUÇÃO COSMÉTICA: uma abordagem química - 60 espécies do extrativismo florestal não-madeireiro da Amazônia / Floriano Pastore Jr. (coord.); Vanessa Fernandes de Araújo [et. al.];– Brasília, 2005. 244 p.
External links
- (Portuguese) Astrocaryum murumuru