Biodiesel production from Azolla filiculoides (Water Fern)

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 957-960

  Salehzadeh, Ali ^a   Naeemi, Akram Sadat ^b   Arasteh, Amir ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Azolla filiculoides; Biodiesel; Fatty acid methyl esters; Water fern

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CHLOROFORM; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ERUCIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; MACROALGA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYPODIOPSIDA; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 84903607676     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v13i6.19     Document Type: Article

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