Evaluation of seed oil from Hura crepitans, Trichosanthes cucumerina and Thevetia nerifolia.

ABSTRACT: The oil contents and fatty acid composition of three non-edible seed oils extracted using Soxhlet extraction with hexane as the solvent were presented. The physical and chemical properties of the oils were determined from which cetane number, biofuel potential, higher heating values, and antimicrobial activities were assessed. The dominant fatty acids were 49 % linoleic acid, 37 % pentadecenoic acid, and 38 % cis-10-heptadecenenoic acid for Hura crepitans (HC), Thevetia nerifolia (TN) and Trichosanthes cucumerina (TC), respectively. The seed oils were majorly unsaturated, with HC having the highest degree of unsaturation. Acid value, saponification value, iodine value, and free fatty acids were low compared to many reported values in literature. The cetane values were

SUBMITTER: Ominowa EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11417190 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature