Talk:Argan oil

message: How could a fatty acid with so much Omega 6 be more resistant to oxidation than olive oil? This oil repllaces much monounsaturated fat with polyunsaturated fat compared to olive oil, and the saturated fat amunts are close. The only possibility for that to be true is for it to be flooded with antioxidants (olive oil itself has a lot)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Press olive, win oil (talk • contribs) 13:29, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Right! Argan oil is exceptionally rich in natural alpha tocopherols (vitamin E). 217.232.82.71 (talk) 04:19, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oxidation 

message: While the following links may not be canonical, it seems pretty clear that the traditional method of processing the nuts includes having them pass through the digestive tract of the goats that climb in the trees.  The last one puts a little spin on it: "...men are busy gathering the pit that the goats spit out".  
While official Moroccan sites insist that nowadays the production is strictly according to modern methods and don't use the goat, some local gourmet stores I've contacted say they can still get the goat-processed type and that there is a very noticeable difference between the two.  Perhaps the goat method is not used today, and the 'crossover' to the goatless method occurred recently enough that there are still stores of the old style.
In any case, I feel some mention should be made in the main article.
I'm using hash signs instead of dots to avoid annoying who might be annoyed by the inclusion of hot links.
*"Argan Oil", CottageSmallHolder.com.
*"Argan Oil", Alibaba.com.
*"Argan Oil: Unusual and Sometimes Disgusting Food Can Be Great Medicine", OfficialHealthTips.com.
*http://www.informationdelight.info/encyclopedia/entry/Aerodramus
*http://web.archive.org/web/20100514220204/http://lounsbury.com/#aqoul.com/archives/2005/10/although_low_ad.html
*"Hungry Goats Atop a Tree, Doing Their Bit for Epicures", NYTimes.com.
*"Tafraout: Argan Trees and other Vegetation", LeoAfricanus.com.
Kdq (talk) 01:59, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the article, but not all the argan oil is produced by women's cooperatives. I have no documentation about it, but I go to the region very often and people doesn't say that. I think that it should be changed by "Many women's cooperatives sell argan oil...." Not "All argan sold today..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.247.136.66 (talk) 05:11, 9 November 2010
I agree that this needs to be mentioned.  I saw a picture on a calendar showing a bunch of goats up in an argan tree which is why I looked this up in the first place.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.67.197 (talk) 22:39, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there no mention of the traditional method of preparation? 

message: Why, what, where, and how does this article need additional citations for verification? Hyacinth (talk) 01:33, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The entire body of the article remains almost completely unsourced, and the latter half of the introduction also lacks citations.  I'm not sure if some of the external links were used as references -- if so, footnotes should be added to indicate what information came from which source.  Otherwise, sources should be found and then footnotes added.  138.16.32.85 (talk) 17:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional citations

message: I suggest merging into a single article under argan/argania.  Content of the current argan oil entry can be inserted under the argan oil heading, removing the duplicated content, shifting non-oil bits of the oil entry to relevant sections of main article if they add, and dealing with contradictions, such as the conflict of the composition charts someone mentioned.  I make this suggestion just having returned from Somaliland where the Argan (kulan) tree grows indigenously and spontaneously along the coast and inland regions N. of the Golis mountains.  This info should be added to the articles as they evolve.  I am currently in the process of of arranging a test for Somaliland argan to compare chemical composition with that of Morocco, and can contribute that if NZ indeed gives me a permit to send it to a lab without heat treatment which may destroy the composition.  I'm new to this process--does anyone ever do anything about these changes, and if so who?  This one seems to have been hanging fire for a year and a half. Ayaan.or (talk) 04:33, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd vote to keep the two separate articles but move content to the most appropriate and minimise duplication. - Rod57 (talk) 02:32, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: List here conflicts with that in argan so we need sources. One is  says 
"The major fatty acids in argan oil are oleic, linoleic, stearic, and palmitic acids (Charrouf et al., 1999; Khallouki, 2003; Khallouki et al., 2003). The oil has a high content (45%) of oleic acid (C-18:1) with respect to other seed oils, and it is also rich (35%) in polyunsaturated linoleic acid (C-18:2) (Charrouf et al., 1999; Khallouki, 2003; Khallouki et al., 2003). Argan oil has a fatty acid composition similar to that of sesame and peanut oil, marketed in Western Europe."
 (no date or refs) says "Palmitic acid 14, Stearic acid 5, Linoleic acid 37, ... Oleic acid 43.5"
Journal article  says "oleic acid (43%) and linoleic acid (36%) "
Sources seem to back up the list here rather than the one in argan. - Rod57 (talk) 02:57, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fatty acid composition needs sources 

message: The first line about the oil being made from baby dolphins seems to be a joke.  Can someone flag this, please?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.162.244.62 (talk) 12:41, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dolphin embryos?? 

message: I have removed the following sources from the external links section. They could be used a reference in the article but do not belong in the EL section. 
*Arganic Specialist: L'rosenburg de Uber: history of Arganda. Introduction to Moroccan's rare tree specie, where the argan nut derives and seeds being crushed to retrieve oil.
*Rachida Nouaim: L'arganier au Maroc: entre mythes et réalités. Une civilisation née d'un arbre, une espèce fruitière-forestière à usages multiples. Paris, L'Harmattan (2005) 
* 
Jojalozzo 16:54, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources removed from EL list 

message: The word "endemic" is usually used with respect to diseases.  I don't think it belongs in the first sentence in this article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 04:47, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a perfectly legitimate and common usage for the word endemic. Look up the definition if you still have doubts. 38.72.131.25 (talk) 20:38, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Endemic 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The link 'cosmetic purposes' in the Argan Oil article points to the article 'Argan Oil' again.
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2600:1700:4CA1:3C80:A4D4:B730:8CC2:9801 (talk) 17:12, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link points to original article