Rubber seed oil

Rubber seed oil

Rubber seed oil is oil extracted from the seeds of rubber trees. In the latex manufacturing process, rubber seeds are not historically collected and commercialized. Recent analysis shows that rubber seed oil contained many fatty acids:

Saturated (18.9 %)
*palmitic acid (10.2 %)
*stearic acid (8.7 %)

Unsaturated (80.5 %)
*oleic acid (24.6 %),
*linoleic acid (39.6 %)
*linolenic acid (16.3 %)

In Cambodia and other rubber manufacturing areas, rubber seeds are used to feed livestock. Although rubber seed is rich in nutrition, it also contains cyanogenic glycosides which will release prussic acid in the presence of enzymes or in slightly acidic conditions.

References

* [http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-83060-201_921003-1-IDRC_ADM_INFO.html Rubber Seed Oil: Finding Uses for a Waste Product]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • rubber-seed oil — noun : a fatty oil obtained especially from the seeds of the Para rubber tree and used chiefly in soap …   Useful english dictionary

  • Natural rubber — Rubber and India rubber redirect here. For other uses, see Rubber (disambiguation). This article is about the polymeric material natural rubber. For man made rubber materials, see Synthetic rubber. Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree …   Wikipedia

  • Oil palm — African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

  • Castor oil — is a vegetable oil obtained from the castor bean (technically castor seed as the castor plant, Ricinus communis , is not a member of the bean family). Castor oil (CAS number 8001 79 4) is a colorless to very pale yellow liquid with mild or no… …   Wikipedia

  • Amaranth oil — is extracted from the seeds of two species of the genus Amaranthus A. cruentus and A. hypochondriacus that are called, collectively, grain amaranth. A manufacturer of this unique oil writes:: The oil extracted from these plants contains mainly… …   Wikipedia

  • rape oil — noun edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant • Syn: ↑rapeseed oil, ↑colza oil • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑rapeseed * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • rape oil — rape′ oil n. chem. a brownish yellow oil expressed from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes. Also called rape′seed oil • Etymology: 1535–45 …   From formal English to slang

  • List of vegetable oils — Plant oils Olive oil Types Vegetable fats (list) Macerated (list) Uses …   Wikipedia

  • Malpighiales — ▪ plant order Introduction   large order of flowering plants that includes 40 families, more than 700 genera, and almost 16,000 species. Many of the families are tropical and poorly known, but well known members of the order include Salicaceae (… …   Universalium

  • Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”