Marmot oil is a natural oily product.

The name describes the structure of the ingredient:

• Marmot refers to a genus of rodents, commonly known as marmots. These animals are known for their body fat, which has been traditionally used in some cultures for medicinal and cosmetic purposes.
• oil indicates that the fat extracted from the marmot has been processed into an oil. This oil is often used for its moisturizing, soothing properties, and in some cases, for its purported healing properties, especially in traditional remedies.

Raw Materials Used in Production:

Marmot Oil is derived from the fat of the marmot, a rodent living in mountainous regions. The fat is primarily collected from the animal's skin and subcutaneous tissue.

Step-by-step Summary of Industrial Production Process.

• Collection of fat from the marmot, usually after hunting or controlled harvesting of the animal.
• Purification of the fat to remove impurities and residues.
• Gentle heating of the purified fat to liquefy it.
• Filtration to remove any solid residues.
• Cooling and solidification of the fat to obtain the oil.
• Quality control to ensure purity and safety of the product.

Form and Color

Marmot Oil is typically light yellow or golden yellow in color and has a semi-solid consistency at room temperature.

What it is for and where

Cosmetics

Hair conditioning agent. A significant number of ingredients with specific and targeted purposes may co-exist in hair shampoo formulations: cleansers, conditioners, thickeners, matting agents, sequestering agents, fragrances, preservatives, special additives. However, the indispensable ingredients are the cleansers and conditioners as they are necessary and sufficient for hair cleansing and manageability. The others act as commercial and non-essential auxiliaries such as: appearance, fragrance, colouring, etc. Hair conditioning agents have the task of increasing shine, manageability and volume, and reducing static electricity, especially after treatments such as colouring, ironing, waving, drying and brushing. They are, in practice, dispersants that may contain cationic surfactants, thickeners, emollients, polymers. The typology of hair conditioning agents includes: intensive conditioners, instant conditioners, thickening conditioners, drying conditioners. They can perform their task generally accompanied by other different ingredients.

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Commercial Applications

Traditionally used in some cultures for its therapeutic properties, such as relief of muscle pain and improvement of blood circulation. It is also used in some cosmetic products and conditioners for skin and hair.

Marmot oil is used by hunting peoples in traditional animal skin processing and is a choice because it penetrates deep into the pores of the skin (1).

Marmot oil has many uses in traditional medicine including treatment of burns and frostbite, as a supplement in children's diets, to treat ailments such as tuberculosis (2).

References_____________________________________________________________________

(1) Geary, J. (2011). Nomadic Knowledge of the Yak: A Case Study in the Khangai Mountains, Mongolia.

(2) Reuter, E. (2008). The ecological and economic impact of Siberian marmots in the eastern steppe of Mongolia.

Abstract. The market value of Mongolian wildlife is driving current levels of consumption which, for many species, are unsustainable. The Siberian marmot (Marmota sibirica) is an ecologically and economically important species in the Eastern Steppe of Mongolia. This paper reviews available literature to determine the ecological functions of marmots on the steppe, their economic value, and an exploration of how changing marmot populations would be expected to affect ecosystem services and local livelihoods.