Formulations Based on Oil Extract in Macaúba (Acrocomia Aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd Ex Martius): A Review of the Literature

Abstract

This work investigated in the literature academic papers on the extraction of oil from macauba pulp and kernels and their cosmetic formulations based on this fruit. In the bibliographical systematization, we delimited the database: Google Academic, Capes Periodical, Scientific Electronic Library (SciELO) and Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), filtered the works between the years 2018 and 2022, we defined the languages in Portuguese or English, the works as articles, dissertations and monographs. The information systematized brought the plant profile, the methods of oil extraction from both the pulp and the kernel of the macaúba, the extraction processes that have greater efficiency and safety of their products, thus becoming a reference for future research based on the species to subsidize the development of products for the food industry, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.