June 2015

Yield, quality, kinetics and thermodynamics studies on extraction of Thevetia peruviana oil from its oil bearing seeds

The present research shows possibility of extracting Thevetia peruviana oil from its oil bearing seeds by cold and soxhlet extraction methods, using petroleum ether as extracting solvent at room temperature and 40 to 60°C respectively. Characterisation of the oil showed that the percentage oil yield, acid value, saponification value and viscosity increased as temperature of soxhlet extraction increased, while the...

Author(s): J. M. Jabar, L. Lajide, A. O. Adetuyi, B. J. Owolabi, I. O. Bakare, T. G. Abayomi and A. L. Ogunneye