Soxhlet extraction of oil from candlenut (Aleurites Moluccana): effect of solvent and extraction time
Candlenut oil was extracted using soxhlet extraction technique. The types of solvent and extraction time were optimized using one-factor-at-a-time method. The ground candlenut samples were extracted using ethyl acetate as a solvent. The optimum time for the extraction was found to be 3.5 hours with...
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/117370/1/117370.pdf https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/117370/ |
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| Summary: | Candlenut oil was extracted using soxhlet extraction technique. The types of solvent and extraction time were optimized using one-factor-at-a-time method. The ground candlenut samples were extracted using ethyl acetate as a solvent. The optimum time for the extraction was found to be 3.5 hours with a highest yield of 72.33%. The highest yield was produced by using ethyl acetate, 72.33%, followed by acetone 46.65%, ethanol 10.1% and the least yield produced by methanol 3.41%. The extracted candlenut oil was analyzed with GC-MS for its chemical constituents were tested with GC-MS analysis and it contains palmitic acid and oleic acid. |
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