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Herein, an oil sold in the region (LPO), and two others extracted in laboratory, from seeds collected in the same region, were investigated in terms of their composition, chemical properties, UV transmission. The three oils are similar although the LPO is more acidic, 0.48 mg KOH\/g. GC-MS analysis indicated that the major components are the fatty acids, oleic (31.82%), nervonic (11.09%), ximenic (10.22%), and hexacosa-17,20,23-trienoic acids (14.59%). Long chain fatty acids, n \u2265 20, accounted for 51.1% of the total fatty acids. A thin film of the oil showed a reduction in transmittance from 200 to 300 nm. Viscosity studies of the LPO indicated that at normal temperature of skin, the oil can be spread over the skin as a thin film. At concentrations up to 10 \u00b5g\/mL, the LPO is not toxic to human keratinocytes, suggesting the safety of this oil.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/biom10010018","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,23]],"date-time":"2019-12-23T03:15:01Z","timestamp":1577070901000},"page":"18","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["An Overview on the Properties of Ximenia Oil Used as Cosmetic in Angola"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Gabriel","family":"Satoto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CQB, CQE, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6350-0641","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana Sofia","family":"Fernandes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CBIOS\u2014Universidade Lus\u00f3fona\u2019s Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1333-9137","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nuno","family":"Saraiva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CBIOS\u2014Universidade Lus\u00f3fona\u2019s Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Fernando","family":"Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CQB, CQE, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Nuno","family":"Neng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CQB, CQE, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Manuel","family":"Nogueira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CQB, CQE, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5150-9910","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"T\u00e2nia","family":"Santos de Almeida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CBIOS\u2014Universidade Lus\u00f3fona\u2019s Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9876-9015","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria Eduarda","family":"Araujo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CQB, CQE, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"920","DOI":"10.1016\/j.sajb.2011.07.003","article-title":"African seed oils of commercial importance\u2014Cosmetic applications","volume":"77","author":"Vermaak","year":"2011","journal-title":"S. 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