Safflower, Carthamus tinctorius L., is an annual oilseed crop that is cultivated on small plots all over the world. The seed oil content ranges from 20% to 45%; the oil is high in linoleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid that aids in lowering the blood cholesterol level. Thus, safflower has long been used as medical plant in many countries, especially in China and India. However, for industrial...

The demand for diesel fuel far exceeds the current and future biodiesel production capabilities of the vegetable oil and animal fat industries. New oilseed crops that do not compete with traditional food crop are needed to meet existing energy demands. Hybrid hazelnut oil is just such an attractive raw material for production of biodiesel. Hazelnut oil was extracted from hybrid hazelnuts and th...

Tea oil tree (Camellia oleifera, Co) provides a fine edible oil source in China. Tea oil from the seeds is very beneficial to human health. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA) hydrolyzes fructose-1,6-bisphosphate into dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, two critical metabolites for oil biosynthesis. The objectives of this study were to identify FBA genes and investig...

Field experiment had been done Research and Production Station, National Research Centre, Nubaria location, to study the effect of cobalt on growth, seeds yield, oil yield and oil fatty acids constituents. The experiment containing 13 plots area were 15 m (5 X 3) containing 3 rows each, planted with 10 plants. The seedlings (at the third truly leaf) were irrigated with cobalt sulphate once with...

Microwave-assisted hydro distillation MAHD of eucalyptus citriodora. oil was investigated and a comparison was made with conventional hydro distillation. For MAHD, three process parameters; Microwave power, Extraction time and duration of dryness of sample were selected for the extraction. MAHD resulted in a shorter extraction time and better quality of oil compared to that in conventional hydr...

The extraction of coffee oil from roasted beans with supercritical carbon dioxide under different conditions of pressure and temperature was studied to measure the influence of these parameters on the yield and fatty acid content in the oil. For this purpose a 2 factorial experimental design using the response surface methodology was realized. The extraction was performed in a pressure range fr...

and range from 0.50 to 0.93 (Baker and McKenzie, 1972; Branson and Frey, 1989b; Brown et al., 1974; Schipper Increases in the groat (caryopsis)-oil content of oat (Avena sativa and Frey, 1991b). Genotype 3 environment interaction L.) raise the energy value of oat grain. Nine cycles of recurrent phenotypic selection for high groat-oil content were conducted in a genetifor groat-oil content is no...

In order to study the effect of organic fertilizer on shoot yield and essential oil content of lavender, this experiment was conducted in the Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands, Karaj, Iran, in 2013-14. The treatment groups consisted of vermicompost (0, 5, 10 and 15 ton/ha) and cow manure (0, 10, 20 and 30 ton/ha). The experimental design was a factorial experiment based on randomized ...

The microencapsulation of tuna oil in gelatin-sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) using complex coacervation was optimised for the stabilisation of omega-3 oils, for use as a functional food ingredient. Firstly, oil stability was optimised by comparing the accelerated stability of tuna oil in the presence of various commercial antioxidants, using a Rancimat™. Then zeta-potential (mV), turbidity and...

Coconut is a high-quality agricultural product of the Asia-Pacific region. In this paper, coconut shell which mainly composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin was used as a raw material for coconut shell oil from coconut shell pyrolysis. The influence of the pyrolysis temperature, heating rate and particle size on coconut oil yield was investigated, and the effect of heating rate on coconut ...