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Researchers from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley conducted a study, which was presented at an American Chemical Society meeting, to break down the components of the fruit.

To do so, they grounded about 300 dried avocado seeds into powder. This process resulted in three teaspoons of seed husk oil and about an ounce of seed husk wax. Using gas chromatography, a process that analyzes chemicals, they found 116 compounds in the oil and 16 molecules in the wax.