Comparative Studies on Oils from Some Common Plant Seeds in Nigeria

Oil were extracted from seeds of Nigerian plants Pentaclethra macrophylla, Treculia africana, persea gratesima and Telferia occidentalis using n-hexane and their physicochemical properties compared with oils from seed of Cocos nucifera. Percentage oil yield were 20.80, 18.00, 14.00, 18.00 for P. macrophylla. T. africana, P. gratesima and T. occidentalis respectively while the value for C. nucifera seed oil is 32.00. All the five seed oil were...