Sunflower seed, the fruit of sunflower, can be used for food and oil. Sunflower seed is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and trace elements. It tastes delicious and is a very popular source of snack and edible oil. Sunflower seed is composed of pericarp (shell) and seed. The seed is composed of seed coat, two cotyledons and embryo.
Melon seed is a kind of traditional leisure food with various kinds. Taking the most familiar sunflower seed as an example, many people only know that it is sunflower seed. In fact, sunflower seeds can also produce health benefits. This kind of small and unimportant leisure food tastes like "tigers eat mosquitoes - eat more and swallow less", but because it is sweet and delicious, it is not easy to eat, but has a kind of charm. Sunflower seed is the seed of the herb sunflower of Compositae. Sunflower is also known as Zhangju, sunflower, sunflower. It is cultivated all over China. In autumn, the receptacles are picked and the mature achenes (seeds) are collected and dried. Remove the shell when using. Performance: sweet taste, flat property. In modern times, it is used to reduce blood lipid and drive away insects. Sunflower seeds are rich in fatty oil, including linoleic acid and phospholipid, β- Sterols such as sitosterol; It also contains protein, sugar, citric acid, tartaric acid, chlorogenic acid and carotene. It is proved that phospholipid can prevent hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia in rats. The fatty oil, especially linoleic acid, can inhibit experimental thrombosis in rats. Uses: for hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension; Pinworm disease. In addition, there are also folk medicine for the treatment of blood dysentery. Usage: take Rensheng from shell, chew, fry cooked food, extract oil, fry soup, etc. Attention: fried people are hot and dry, and should not eat more.