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{{Short description|Plant oil}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Argan oil
| image = Argan Oil.jpeg
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| caption = Containers of argan oil
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| type = Plant oil
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| country = Maghreb
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| main_ingredient = Fruit of the argan tree
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| serving_size = 100 g
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{{Infobox intangible heritage
| Image = Argan paste making in Morocco.jpg
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'''Argan oil''' is a [[Vegetable fats and oils|plant oil]] produced from the kernels of the [[argan]] tree (''[[Argania spinosa]]'' L.), which is indigenous to [[Morocco]] and southwestern [[Algeria]].<ref name="grin">{{cite web |title=''Argania spinosa'' (L.) Skeels |url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=3956 |publisher=GRIN Taxonomy, US Department of Agriculture |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=13 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Physicochemical Study and Composition of Argania spinosa Oil from Two Regions of Algeria| journal=Chemistry of Natural Compounds|volume=50|issue=2|pages=346–348|doi=10.1007/s10600-014-0949-1|year = 2014|last1 = Kouidri|first1 = M.|last2=Saadi|first2=A. K.|last3=Noui|first3=A.| s2cid=36309638}}</ref> In Morocco, argan oil is used to dip bread in at breakfast or to drizzle on [[couscous]] or pasta. It is also used for [[Argan oil#Cosmetics|cosmetic purposes]].<ref name=Khallouki2003>{{cite journal |pmid=12548113 |year=2003 |last1=Khallouki |first1=F |last2=Younos |first2=C |last3=Soulimani |first3=R |last4=Oster |first4=T |last5=Charrouf |first5=Z |last6=Spiegelhalder |first6=B |last7=Bartsch |first7=H |last8=Owen |first8=RW |title=Consumption of argan oil (Morocco) with its unique profile of fatty acids, tocopherols, squalene, sterols and phenolic compounds should confer valuable cancer chemopreventive effects |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=67–75 |journal=European Journal of Cancer Prevention |doi=10.1097/00008469-200302000-00011 |s2cid=12350686 }}</ref><ref name="onlinelibrary.wiley.com">{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/ejlt.200700220 |title=Argan Oil: Occurrence, Composition and Impact on Human Health |date=2008 |last1=Charrouf |first1=Zoubida |last2=Guillaume |first2=Dominique |journal=European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology |volume=110 |issue=7 |pages=632|doi-access=free }}</ref>
== Properties ==
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