This work was aimed to extract and characterise the essential oils presented in the leaves of Moringa Oleifera using supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and compare the results against those using the conventional Soxhlet extraction method. The oils extracted were analysed using GC-MS. The compounds were identified according to their retention indices and mass spectra (EI, 70eV). The effects o...

Pyrolysis of palm kernel shell in a fixed-bed reactor was studied in this paper. The objectives were to investigate the effect of pyrolysis temperature and particle size on the products yield and to characterize the bio-oil product. In order to get the optimum pyrolysis parameters on bio-oil yield, temperatures of 350, 400, 450, 500 and 550 °C and particle sizes of 212–300 μm, 300–600 μm, 600μm...

Various farm wastes were investigated as substrates for Pleurotus tuber-regium. The highest mushroom harvest (fresh weight) was obtained from oil palm fruit fiber substrate and the lowest yield was from yam (Dioscorea sp.) peelings. Casing enhanced yield from all substrates. Oil palm fruit fiber spawn is an alternative to the sclerotium in propagating the fungus. Some fungi and pests were assoc...

management of organic and inorganic fertilizer application and residual of them are very important in their effect on environment and plant yield. in order to determine the effect of drought stress and different amendments on flower, essential oil and chamazulene yield and its components of matricaria chamomilla l., this study was conducted as a split plot design with three replications, at agr...

This experiment was conducted, to study the effect of planting time and planting density on savory (Satureja sahendica Bornm.) in 2012 in Alborz Research Station, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Karaj, Iran. The experiment was carried out in split plot in time in the form of a randomized complete block design with three replicates. The main plots were planting times in two levels ...

Submitted: Aug 3, 2013; Accepted: Sep 10, 2013; Published: Sep 18, 2013 Abstract: Basil is used as culinary herb and assigned as medicine and spice plant. In order to evaluate some morphological variability and RAPD analysis for herb growth and oil yield characters among three varieties (French, Purple and Lemon basils), an experiment was conducted in two seasons (2010-2011) over two cuts in co...

The essential oil of Rosa damascena Mill. is one of the most valuable and important base material in the flavor and fragrance industry. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of different rates of cow manure on the essential oil of the rose petals. For this a field experiment was conducted on a clay loam soil at the research farm of Alborz research station, Karaj, Iran. Experimental...

glasswort(salicornia europaea l.) as an important halophyte plant is capable to accumulate nacl in aboveground part (fully edible) in considerable quantity. to evaluate the effect of irrigation levels and nitrogen fertilizer on the yield of seed and oil, and also harvest index of glasswort, a split plot experiment was conducted based on randomized complete block design with three replications a...