the extraction was carried out with 300 bar at 40 ◦C and with 400 bar at 60 ◦C. The global extraction yields (X0), oil solubility, fatty acid composition of the oil and tocopherol content were determined. The seed samples used in this work contained 54.3% oil, of which 50.5% was linoleinc acid
(-3). The maximum extraction recovery for the seeds as 92% at 400 bar and 60 ◦C, but on one occasion a recovery of 99.1% oilwas obtained when cold pressed extractionwas employed, followed by supercritical extraction at 400 bar and 60 ◦C. A high tocopherol content of about 2–3 g/kg of oil was obtained.