The effects of enzyme-assisted cold-pressing (EACP) on the physicochemical attributes of Cannabis sativa (hemp) seed oil were investigated using five enzyme preparations: Protex 7L, Viscozyme L, Kemzyme, Feedzyme, and Natuzyme. The oil contents (28.4–32.8%) offered by the enzyme-treated hempseeds were found to be significantly (p ,0.05) higher than that determined for the control (26.7%). The p...

background: the seeds of some medicinal plants and their compounds have long been valued for their numerous health benefits. objective:to investigate some physical and chemical properties of salvia spp. methods: some physico-chemical properties in five species of salvia seeds (consisted of s. officinalis l., s. macrosiphon l., s. hypoleuca l., s. sclarea l. and s. nemorosa l.) were measured at ...

Sterols due to their properties might be considered as valuable products to be employed in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Vegetable oils, namely canola, soyabean and sunflower seed oils, contain considerable quantities of phytosterols, mainly β–sitosterol. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of refining operations, particularly deodorization on this valuable class...

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 241 March April 2008 London: Churchill Livingstone; 1975. Rath CC, Dash SK, Mishra RK. In vitro susceptibility of Japaneese 2. mint leaf oil against five human fungal pathogens. Indian Perfumer 2001;45:57-61. Baswa M, Rath CC, Dash SK, Mishra RK. Antibacterial activity of 3. Karanj (Pongamia pinnata) and Neem (Azadirachta indica) seed oil: A preliminary...

Seed-borne pathogens reduce the quality and cause infections at various growth stages of horticultural crops. Some best-known are fungi genus Alternaria, that destructive vegetable other crop diseases, resulting in significant yield losses. Over several years, much attention has been paid to environmentally-friendly solutions for disease management regarding environmental damage caused by chemi...

in order to complete the microbial control of the sawthoothed beetle by the fungus beauvaria bassiana (isolate 441c) in ipm program of stored date, 9 edible and commercial vegetable oils including canola, soybean, sesame, corn, coconut, grape seed, olive, sunflower and almond were investigated to formulate the fungus. results showed that b. bassiana formulated with sesame oil was the most suita...

Plant membrane lipids are primarily composed of 16-carbon and 18-carbon fatty acids containing up to three double bonds. By contrast, the seed oils of many plant species contain fatty acids with significantly different structures. These unusual fatty acids sometimes accumulate to >90% of the total fatty acid content in the seed triacylglycerols, but are generally excluded from the membrane lipi...