1. GLA 10% (not less than 9.9%)
2. Cold pressed
3. Availability: 100 tons of stock
4. Payment: flexible

Evening Primrose Oil

Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) originates from Mexico and Central America, now grows abundantly in northeast of China.

Evening Primrose benefits include relieving symptoms of eczema, anit-inflammatory properties & decrease of menstrual cramps.Evening primrose oil contains large amounts of omega-6 series of unsaturated fatty acid, which, as medical research shows, has remarkable effects on balancing female endocrine hormones, decreasing blood lipid, inhibiting platelet aggregation, lowering blood pressure and resisting arrhythmia, etc. Its superb efficacy for women’s beauty and health makes evening primrose oil the favorite of food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and healthcare industries.

It contains gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a fatty acid required by the body for growth and development. Benefits of evening primrose include relief of symptoms related to Eczema. The fatty acids foun in evening primrose may help the relief of itching, redness an swelling associated with eczema. It is also suggested that it may have an indirect effect on the alleviation of joint pain with some anti-inflammatory qualites and assisting to regulate this autoimmune disease.

Many women have reported that evening primrose oil benefits include a decrease in menstrual cramping, lessening of PMS symptoms as well as a decrease in the pain and discomfort of endometriosis.

EFA Composition:

Saturated fatty acids of chain length less than C16		Max. 0.3%
Palmitic Acid	C16:0	4-10%
Palmitoleic Acid	C16:1	Max. 1.0%
Stearic Acid	C18:0	1-4%
Oleic Acid	C18:1	5-12%
Linoleic Acid	C18:2	65-85%
Gamma-Linolenic Acid	C18:3	10-12%
Alpha-Linolenic Acid	C18:3	Max. 0.5%
Arachic Acid	C20:0	Max. 0.5%
Eicosenoic Acid	C20:1	Max. 0.5%
Erucic Acid	C22:1	Max. 0.5%
Others		Max. 0.5%