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Sea Buckthorn Pulp Oil

Also: Hippophae rhamnoides fruit oil, Sea buckthorn fruit oil, Sea buckthorn berry oil, Seabuckthorn pulp oil.

Calculate a 100 % Sea Buckthorn Pulp Oil bar

Published values

Saponification value149.5–229.2 mg KOH/g
Used by the calculator189.3 mg KOH/g (midpoint)
SAP for NaOH0.1350 g/g
Iodine value60–71 g I₂/100 g
INS (SAP − IV)124
Melting point
Unsaponifiable matter0.6–3.6 %

A bar made of 100 % Sea Buckthorn Pulp Oil

Hardness 33 29–54
Cleansing 0 below 12–22
Conditioning 40 below 44–69
Bubbly lather 0 below 14–46
Creamy lather 33 16–48

Conventional qualities summed from the fatty-acid groups; a single-oil bar is a reference point, not a recipe.

Fatty-acid profile

Fatty acidPublished range, %Used
Myristic acid C14:0 · saturated 0.11–0.31 0.2
Palmitic acid C16:0 · saturated 17.62–41 29.3
Palmitoleic acid C16:1 12.41–42 27.2
Stearic acid C18:0 · saturated ≤ 3.44 3.4
Oleic acid C18:1 21.3–37.07 29.2
Linoleic acid C18:2 5.86–14 9.9
α-Linolenic acid C18:3 n-3 0.1–2 1.1
Arachidic acid C20:0 · saturated 0.1–1.42 0.8

Where these numbers come from

PCSIR (Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research)Chemical Variability of Fatty Acid Composition of Seabuckthorn Berries Oil from Different Locations by GC-FID (Shafi N., Kanwal F., Siddique M., Ghauri E.G., Akram M.; Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 2008, 51(5):250-253) · document dated 2008 · read 2026-09-20

Table 1 physicochemical characteristics of cold-pressed pulp oil from six locations (refractive index, specific gravity, peroxide value, unsaponifiable matter, saponification value, iodine value, acid value); Table 2 fatty-acid composition of the berry (pulp) oil, seven samples. PDF fetched and text-extracted locally.

Public Library of Science (PLoS ONE), open-access copy via PubMed CentralFatty Acid Composition of Developing Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) Berry and the Transcriptome of the Mature Seed (Fatima T. et al.; PLoS ONE 2012, 7(4):e34099; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0034099) · document dated 2012 · read 2026-09-20

Figure 1B and text: fatty-acid composition of mature pulp (soft parts) across four cultivars.

PULP (fruit-flesh) oil, the palmitoleic-rich oil, distinct from the seed oil. PRIMARY source: Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 2008 (PCSIR Laboratories, Peshawar), cold-pressed pulp oil of red and yellow Hippophae rhamnoides berries from six locations in northern Pakistan (Nomal, Bagrote, Ghizar, Skardu Khas, Shigar, Khaplu), n = 3 readings per sample. Table 1 (12 samples): saponification value 186.20-229.20 (yellow) and 149.5-205.0 (red) mg KOH/g; the text calls 229.20 (Bagrote) the highest and 186.20 (Skardu Khas) the lowest, i.e. it ignores the red-Khaplu value of 149.5 that is printed in the table, so the practical range is about 186-229 and the 149.5 minimum here is transcribed as printed but is probably an outlier; iodine value 60-71; unsaponifiable matter 0.6-3.60 %; acid value 8.0-13.4 mg KOH/g; refractive index 1.457-1.543; specific gravity 0.846-0.951. Table 2 (7 samples, % of fatty acids): myristic 0.11-0.31, palmitic 17.62-36.52, palmitoleic 12.41-32.41, stearic 0.51-3.44 (nd in one), oleic 21.30-37.07 (18:1 not split into delta-9 and delta-11 isomers), linoleic 5.86-12.36, linolenic 0.10-0.73, arachidic 0.10-1.42. ADDITIONAL: PLoS ONE 2012 (Canadian H. rhamnoides ssp. mongolica, four cultivars), Figure 1B mature pulp: palmitoleic 32-42, palmitic 34-41, linoleic 8-14, oleic (delta-9 only) 1-5, cis-vaccenic (18:1 delta-11) 5-7, alpha-linolenic under 2, stearic under 2 % w/w. The fatty-acid min/max in this record span both documents (upper bounds for palmitic 41, palmitoleic 42, linoleic 14 and linolenic 2 are from PLoS ONE); the oleic range is from the Pakistani data only because PLoS ONE separates vaccenic acid. Melting point not given; the oil is semi-liquid to liquid at room temperature because of its high palmitic content but no value was printed. INCI not verified on CosIng in this session, left null.

This record is part of the open ingredient database (ODbL). Found an error or a better primary source? The dataset is on GitHub; corrections with a document link are welcome.