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cottonseed seed of the cotton plant. Made into cake after oil extraction and used as feed for livestock. cottonseed cake or meal contains gossypol and causes hepatitis and degeneration of cardiac muscle. The clinical syndrome includes dullness, weakness, dyspnea and edema. Usually fed as decorticated cake because of the high fiber content of the raw product. cottonseed hulls winnowed from the cotton seeds and used as roughage for ruminants. Have negligible feed value but are an effective diluent for grain because of the ease with which they can be handled by mechanical equipment. cottonseed oil used topically as an emollient. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Seed processors remove gossypol from cottonseed oil. The crackers have more white flour, soybean oil, sugar, and partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil than the "dehydrated vegetable blend" that Nabisco makes such a fuss over. Matters are further complicated when it turns out some of this fat is "bad fat"; the nuts were not dry-roasted but cooked in cottonseed oil. |
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