Exploitation of the tropical oil seed plant Jatropha curcas L.

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-82

  Gubitz G M ^a   Mittelbach, M ^b   Trabi, M ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Jatropha curcas; Molluscicide; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; EXTRACTION; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

BIOFUEL; JATROPHA CURCAS; MOLLUSCICIDE; TROPICAL OIL SEED PLANT; WOUND HEALING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUEL; INSECTICIDE; MOLLUSCACIDE; PHORBOL ESTER; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESTERIFICATION; EXTRACTION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; JATROPHA CURCAS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0345195998     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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