This article investigates the transition dynamics related to Jatropha developments in Mozambique. The analysis focuses on how structural conditions (infrastructure, institutions, interaction and collaboration and capabilities and resources) enable or constrain interactions between niche-level Jatropha experiments and incumbent energy, agriculture and rural development regimes in Mozambique. Inv...

Five isomeric epoxyhydroxyene and epoxyoxoene fatty esters derived from hemolytic decomposition of linoleic acid hydroperoxide were tested for mutagenicity by the "Ames' top-agar incorporation method using S-9 mix derived from livers of male rats pretreated with Aroclor 1254. The epoxide fatty esters tested--methyl trans-12,13-epoxy-erythro-11-hydroxy-cis(trans)-9-octadecenoate and methyl trans...

Thermally induced isomerisation leading to the formation of conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs) has been observed for the first time during the thermal treatment of 9t12t fatty acid triacylglycerol, and methyl ester. Fifteen microlitre portions of the triacylglycerol sample containing 9t12t fatty acid (trilinoelaidin) were placed in micro glass ampoules and sealed under nitrogen, then subjected to...

A number of studies currently focus on the renewable fuels to reduce the reliance on petroleum fuels. Biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol have been studied and tested in many countries including India. This paper is aimed to investigate the performance and emission characteristics of a direct injection (DI) diesel engine when fuelled with methyl ester of Jatropha oil (MEJO). The ignition ...

The separation of saturated fatty acids (as the methyl esters and as triacylglycerols) of differing chain lengths by silver ion chromatography (ChromSpher Lipids: containing silver ions: Chrompack, Middelburg, Netherlands) was studied, The retention characteristics (isocratic solvent system of acetonitrile in hexane) of saturated fatty acid methyl esters and homogeneous, saturated triacylglycer...

Combination of urea hydrogen peroxide and p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in methanol was proved to be facile and highly efficient for the oxidative methyl esterification of various aldehydes to the corresponding carboxylic methyl esters.

This paper reports a useful method for facile direct syntheses of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics by aerobic photo-oxidation using anthraquinone-2,3-dicarboxylic acid as an organophotocatalyst.

Experimentation is conducted on an IDI diesel engine and the results of combustion and vibration on IDI -Diesel engine fueled with the preheated Jatropha Methyl Ester (JME) are presented. The Present research trend is to replace conventional diesel by renewable alternative fuels in view of fast depletion of petroleum reserves and to reduce the exhaust emissions from the engines without altering...