Jatropha curcas, has been established as a plant whose seeds contain relatively high percentage of oil that is suitable for biodiesel production, among other industrial applications. Seed properties J. curcas may vary depending on soils, age plant, genotype the and agro-climatic conditions specific geographical region. Studies under such have not yet conducted. The present study was aimed at in...

Mango kernel fat (MKF) has received attention in recent years due to the resemblance between its characteristics and those of cocoa butter (CB). In this work, fatty acid (FA) composition, physicochemical and thermal properties and crystallization behavior of MKFs obtained from four varieties of Thai mangoes: Keaw-Morakot (KM), Keaw-Sawoey (KS), Nam-Dokmai (ND) and Aok-Rong (AR), were characteri...

The content of fatty acids as well as the ratio between unsaturated and saturated fatty acids is important parameter for determination of nutritional value of certain oil. Therefore the newest trend in food processing industry is notifying the composition of edible oils and other food commodities for the content of each individual fatty acid. The main objective of this work was to identify the ...

In India, groundnut is gown on 5.7 million hectare with a production of 4.7 million tonnes, with an average productivity of 0.8 tons haduring the rainy season and in the post-rainy season it is grown on 0.9 million hectare with a productiop of 1.5 million tonnes, and an average productivity of 1.6 t ha(Radhamani and Singh, 2008). The productivity in India is low with low seed quality. It is att...

BACKGROUND Tea seed oil is a high quality edible oil, yet lacking sufficient scientific evidences to support the nutritional and medical purposes. We identified major and minor components in Camellia tenuifolia seed oil and investigated the antioxidative activity and its underlying mechanisms in Caenorhabditis elegans. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The results showed that the major constitutes in C. ten...

Seed oil, one of the major seed storage compounds in plants, is of great economic importance for human consumption, as an industrial raw material and as a source of biofuels. Thus, improving the seed oil yield in crops is an important objective. The GLABRA2 (GL2) gene in Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a transcription factor that is required for the proper differentiation of several epidermal cell...

Fungi are currently recognized as the most preferred sources of lipase due to their ability produce copious amount extracellular with lower production’s and extraction’s costs. Lipase production was carried out in agro wastes formulated-liquid fermentation media at 300C, 130rpm, initial pH 7 for 96 hours using newly isolated LipA gene identified yeasts [Pichia kudriavzevii ENS1 [Accession No: O...