低酚棉(即无毒棉)除收获棉纤维供人类衣着之用外,棉仁中棉酚含量低于国际卫生标准(0.04%),可供人畜直接食用。棉仁蛋白质的含量高达40～50%,而大米、小麦、玉米、花生、大豆等都不及棉子仁。而且人体必须的八种氨基酸在棉仁中既均衡又丰富。不仅如此,棉仁中还含有35%的油脂,棉油中亚油酸的含量高达61%,是其它食用植物油所不及的。棉油中维生素E 的含量特别高,为芝麻、大豆油脂的3—4倍,堪称油中之冠。低酚棉的幼苗、枝叶、铃壳、茎杆都含有丰富的蛋白质,可作发展畜牧业的优质粗饲料。用低酚棉子壳和棉杆粉生产的食用菌无毒,因而在国际市场上倍受青睐。由此可见,低酚棉由于株体内消除了含有棉酚的油腺,不仅改变了棉作物学的分类属性,而且也改变了棉花的经济地位。使它由单一的纤维作物变成棉、油、粮、饲兼用的经济作物。 Low phenol cotton (ie non-toxic cotton) In addition to harvesting cotton fibers for human use, cotton gossypol content below international health standards (0.04%), for human and animal consumption. Cotton kernel protein content of up to 40 to 50%, while rice, wheat, corn, peanuts, soybeans and cotton seed less than none. And eight essential amino acids in the human body are both balanced and rich. Not only that, cotton kernels also contain 35% of the fat, cotton linoleic acid content of up to 61%, is other than edible vegetable oil. In particular, the high content of vitamin E in cottonseed, sesame, soybean oil 3-4 times, called the crown of oil. Low-phenol cotton seedlings, leaves, bell shells, stems are rich in protein, can be used for the development of animal husbandry, high-quality roughage. Edible fungi produced from low-phenol cottonseed shells and cotton linters are nontoxic and therefore highly favored in the international market. Thus, low-phenol cotton due to the elimination of plant gossypol gland, not only changed the classification of cotton crop properties, but also changed the economic status of cotton. Make it from a single fiber crops into cotton, oil, food, feed and economic crops.