Health functions and prospective of camellia oil
Camellia oil is our own woody lipin. Its fatty acid composition is similar as olive oil, which is recog- nized the best plant lipin in the word. Thus it has a good name that “eastern olive oil”. Camellia oil contain many functional components that not only can prevent cardiovascular cirrhosis, lower the blood pressure, reduce blood fat, but also have the special function of cancer prevention and resistance as taking it for a long time. In order to advance application of camellia oil, the fatty acid composition, functional components and health functions of camellia oil were studied in this paper.