Mink oil

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General chemical structure of oils such as mink oil. R 1 , R 2 and R 3 therein are alkyl radicals or alkenyl radicals with a mostly odd number of carbon atoms. Like other natural oils, mink oil is a mixture of tri esters of glycerine .

Mink oil (also: Minkoil or Mustela oil ) is an animal fat from the subcutaneous fatty tissue of mink and martens . It is removed from the pelts intended for fur processing. Since the animals are mainly kept in cages and become fat due to the lack of exercise, public use is controversial.

Mink oil is used as an additive in cosmetic products and in leather care. The high proportion (17–20%) of palmitoleic acid in the triglycerides provides a. for high oxidation stability. The dark yellow raw fat is bleached and deodorized, afterwards it is light yellow. It consists of a mixture of natural glycerides , i.e. glycerine - esters of fatty acids with 14 to 20 carbon atoms. Most of these compounds are triglycerides. Other glycerides are derivatives of the following fatty acids:

Because of the cortisone it contains , the oil is said to have skin and hair care properties.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oil from mink carcasses in shampoo and cream ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on RTL.de, accessed on May 18, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rtl.de
  2. ↑ James A. Kent: Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology. Vol. 1, 12th Edition, Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4614-4258-5 , p. 1381.
  3. ^ F. Alan Andersen: Final amended report on the safety assessment of Mink Oil. In: Int. J. Toxicol. 24 Suppl 3, 2005, pp. 57-64, PMID 16422264 .
  4. ↑ Randy Schueller, Perry Romanowski: Conditioning Agents for Hair and Skin. Marcel Dekker, 1999, ISBN 0-8247-1921-2 , p. 117.
  5. ↑ Are there any other substances from nature that help with neurodermatitis? . DermIS. Retrieved May 21, 2013.