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Evening primrose oil

Evening primrose oil is cold-pressed from the seeds of the evening primrose plant. The oil contains linolenic acid and the omega-6 fatty acid, gamma linolenic acid (GLA). Evening primrose oil is believed to fortify the production of gamma linolenic acid in the body to assure optimum levels of prostaglandins that are essential for proper organ function. It has long been recognized that certain polyunsaturated fatty acids, or PUFAs, are important biological components of healthy cells. Four major long chain PUFAs of importance include docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which are primarily found in different types of fish oil, gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), which is found in the seeds of a number of plants, including evening primrose (Oenothera biennis), borage (Borago officinalis) and black currants (Ribes nigrum), and stearidonic acid (SDA), which is found in marine oils and plant seeds. Both GLA and another important long chain PUFA, arachidonic acid (ARA), are found in filamentous fungi. ARA can be purified from animal tissues including liver and adrenal gland. Mead acid accumulates in essential fatty acid deficient animals. GLA is one of the essential fatty acids vital to the maintenance of normal epithelial barrier membrane function. Such essential fatty acids are also known to reduce transepidermal water loss.The Borage Oil and Evening Primrose Oil are rich in Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA).  It has occurred to us that the addition of GLA rich oils to preparation used for testing Pseudofolliculitis Barbae would help alleviate the skin inflammation, irritation and dermatitis suffered by people with the affection.

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