Analysis of oil content of Jatropha curcas seeds under storage condition

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 571-575

  Sushma, ^a  

^a DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid value; Biodiesel; Future energy; Jatropha curas; Oil quality; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOFUEL; DICOTYLEDON; MOISTURE CONTENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VEGETABLE OIL;

VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; JATROPHA; PLANT SEED; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

JATROPHA; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901600533     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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