Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Insights(TAPI)

Science Laboratory Technology Department, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

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• Research Article   
  Evaluation of the Industrial and Medicinal Values of Oil Extracted From Neem Seed
  Author(s): Aladekoyi Gbenga*, Ajayi I O and Olatunji T
  
  Neem seed (Azadirachta indica) is a medicinal plant which is exclusively tropical in distribution. Traditionally India medicine regards the plant in high esteem. The fatty acid composition of Neem seed oil were: Myristic acid (C14:0) (64.5842) as the highest saturated fatty acid ,Oleic acid (C18:1)(5.3124) as the only highest monounsaturated fatty acid, Linoleic acid (C18:2)(2.6041) and Linolenic acid (C18:3)(0.9938) as the only polyunsaturated fatty acid present. Physicochemical properties of the extracted oil were investigated and their physical characteristics indicated that Oil extracted from Azadirachta indica is light green in color with bitter taste, percentage yield of 43.500%, Specific gravity of 0.8943 and Refractive index of 1.4610 respectively. The chemical characteristic of oil from Neem seed were Acid valve (mglg), (6.7320±0.01), free fatty acid (% oleic)(1.8984&p.. Read More»
  

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