IN SEARCH OF A NEW VEGETABLE OIL

Authors
NAG A DE KB
Citation
A. Nag et Kb. De, IN SEARCH OF A NEW VEGETABLE OIL, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 43(4), 1995, pp. 902-903
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology",Agriculture,"Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218561
Volume
43
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
902 - 903
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(1995)43:4<902:ISOANV>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Terminalia bellirica Roxb., commonly known as Bahera in India and comm ercially as belliric myrobalan, may become the olive of the East and i s a fairly abundant plant in the tropical Indian subcontinent. The raw flesh of the fruit can be converted to fodder. The seed oil content ( about 47% by weight of dry kernel) appears very promising as a vegetab le oil for edible purpose and can be hydrogenated or used for soap pro duction.