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    LIPID CHARACTERISTICS AND BIO-FUEL POTENTIALS OF SOME AFRICAN PLANT SEEDS
    (2011-11) Ekwumemgbo, Patricia Adamma; Eddy, Nnabuk Okon; Omoniyi, Kehinde Israel
    The study examines lipid characteristics and bio-fuel potentials of Jatropha curcus seeds oil (Fig. 1), Elaeis guineensis seeds oil (Fig. 2), Helianthus annus seeds oil (Fig. 3) and Glycine max seeds oil (Fig. 4). The seeds were collected from Nigeria in Africa cleaned, de-shelled, dried, ground, the lipids (oil) extracted and defatted in a soxhlet apparatus, using n-hexane. The extracted lipids were obtained by filtration and the hexane removed using rotary evaporator. The physicochemical (oil Content, acid value, % free fatty acids (FFAs), iodine value, saponification value, peroxide value, viscosity and density) analysis of lipids was carried out using official recommended methods while Fatty acid composition was determined using gas chromatography (GC)