carob pod oil

{{Short description|Edible oil from carob beans}}

Carob pod oil (Algaroba oil) is an edible oil pressed from carob beans, used medicinally.

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Image:Ceratonia siliqua green pods.jpgs, used to make carob pod oil.]]

The fatty acid composition of carob pod oil is:

{{Cite journal

|author1=María P Maza |author2=Rosario Zamora |author3=Manuel Alaiz |author4=Francisco J Hidalgo |author5=Francisco Millán |author6=Eduardo Vioque | title = Carob bean germ seed (Ceratonia siliqua): Study of the oil and proteins

| journal = Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

| volume = 46

| issue = 4

| pages = 495–502

| publisher = John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

| location = Institute de la Grasa y sus Derivados (CSIC), Apartado 1078, 41012-Sevilla, Spain

| year = 1989

| url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/113322259/abstract

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130105102853/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/113322259/abstract

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 2013-01-05

| doi = 10.1002/jsfa.2740460411

|bibcode=1989JSFA...46..495M | accessdate = 2010-06-03

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class=wikitable ! Fatty acid !! Percentage
Palmitic	align="right" | 14.2%
Stearic	align="right" | 3.0%
Oleic	align="right" | 38.5%
Linoleic	align="right" | 43.6%