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Hexane using soxhlet apparatus. The yield of oil was chloroform (15%) among which n-hexane found
calculated and stored at room temperature until promising with highest oil yield and chloroform was
further analysis. the least. Polar solvent has lower affinity for oil
hence lesser oil yield (3). Monson (1971) reported
Phytochemical screening of S.glauca seed oil
that n-hexane,the solvent with lowest dielectric
extracts
constant provided highest oil yield(4). Silva et al.,
Phytochemicals such as alkaloids, flavonoids, (2016) reported the effect of n-hexane on the oil
tannins, saponins, quinones, sterols, phenols, yield in Salvia hispanica L was statistically
anthocyanins and terpenoids present in the significant (p<0.05)(5) and has the highest extraction
extracts of seed oil of S. glauca were screened using efficiency with oil yield of 33.55%. The oil yield of
Harborne (1973) methods. the seeds collected from 103 accessions of S.glauca
Physicochemical properties of S.glauca seed oil ranged from 16.52 to 34% and maximum oil yield
extracts was observed in KD 23 seed source collected from
Nallampalli, Dharmapuri (N 12º03'50.37"and E
Physicochemical properties like pH, density, 78º06'31.78" with an elevation of 489. No
saponification value, unsaponifiable matter, Acid significant correlation was observed between seed
value, free fatty acid, iodine value, and peroxide weight, number of seeds for 100g and oil yield.
value of seed oil S.glauca were determined Seeds of average weight 0.90g, 0.82g and 0.81g
following AOAC (1980) method to ascertain its with seed number of 122, 126 and 129 per 100 g of
quality. The physicochemical properties are seed weight produced 30% seed oil. Laei et al.,
amongst the most important properties of the oil (2016) reported that seed weight of castor is
which decide the quality and shelflife of oil. negatively related to oil percentage (r = –0.65**)(6)
Results and discussion the findings of Koutroubas et al., (1999) were
contrary to our results that the seed weight was
Simarouba glauca fruits collected from 103 positively related to oil percentage(7). This result
accessions were processed and oil was extracted may be due to the account of free fatty acids and
from seeds using organic solvents viz., n-Hexane (32 glycerides towards oil yield not related to the seed
%), Petroleum Ether (28 %), Methanol (18 %), and weight.
Table 1: Oil yield of S.glauca seeds collected at different locations of Tamilnadu and Karnataka
S. Lot name Location Latitude Longitude Elevation Average number Average Oil Yield
No of seeds/100 g seed %
wt (g)
1 ES1 Ganghinagar 11º19'53.20" 77º01'18.88" 299 126 0.79 25
2 ES2 Rayannagar 11º19'57.73" 77º01'27.06" 297 117 0.85 26
3 ES3 Rayannagar 11º20'20.44" 77º01'27.06" 294 120 0.83 24
4 ES4 Rayannagar 11º20'31.42" 77º01'32.14" 308 108 0.93 25
5 ES5 Sambaravallipudur 11º21'03.63" 77º02'39.39" 333 109 0.92 27
6 ES6 Palkaransalaipudur 11º21'15.83" 77º03'00.54" 337 119 0.84 26
7 ES7 Palkaransalaipudur 11º23'55.94" 77º06'42.86" 362 106 0.94 25
8 ES8 Palkaransalaipudur 11º23'57.50" 77º06'44.46" 357 126 0.79 28
9 ES9 Palkaransalaipudur 11º23'53.95" 77º06'39.19" 360 109 0.92 25
10 ES10 Palkaransalaipudur 11º23'36.91" 77º06'32.32” 353 134 0.75 24
11 ES11 Vallikalyanamandabamopp 11º23'36.91" 77º06'19.83" 360 143 0.70 24
12 ES12 Vallikalyanamadabamopp 11º23'35.33" 77º06'35.33" 359 129 0.78 25
13 ES13 Vallikalyanamadabamopp 11º23'33.61" 77º06'15.93" 340 100 1.00 26
14 ES14 Sethankuttaimani road 11º23'19.95" 77º06'02.97" 366 162 0.62 27
15 ES15 Chettipalayam 11º21'49.99" 77º03'50.52" 332 115 0.87 31
16 C1 Ajanur 11º00'48.84" 76º53'11.25" 198 122 0.82 23
17 C2 Ajanur 11º00'49.66" 76º53'11.04" 196 143 0.70 24
18 C3 Ajanur 11º00'49.93" 76º53'10.97" 197 135 0.74 25
19 C4 Ajanur 11º00'51.38" 76º53'10.50" 198 158 0.63 26
20 C5 Ajanur 11º00'53.46" 76º53'10.54" 198 147 0.68 28
21 C6 Bharathiar university 11º02'24.99" 76º51'46.31" 207 99 1.01 25
22 C7 Bharathiar university 11º02'43.32" 76º51'39.21“ 210 138 0.72 27
23 C8 Karunya 10º56'22.18" 76º44'47.64" 132 127 0.79 28
24 C9 Karunya 10º56'17.25" 76º44'31.45" 132 107 0.93 32
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The search for botanical biopesticides requires the respectively. Adebowale and Dedire (2006)
screening of naturally occurring bioactive reported that the potential of J.curcas for use as
compounds in plants(8). In the present study, ecofriendly natural insecticide is due to the
phytochemical screening of S. glauca seed oil presence of unsaponifiable matter (3.8%)(12). The
showed the presence of Steroids and Terpenoids. insecticidal properties of the oils are due to the
Phenols, phenolics, flavonoids, terpenoids, and presence of sterols and triterpene alcohols in the
alkaloids are reported as most acutely toxic plant unsaponifiable matter (2). Density was observed to
chemicals(9-10). Several sterols, terpene alchohols be 0.368 (C10) -0.493 g (C6) and refractive index of
and terpenoids are known to exhibit insecticidal seed oil of S.glauca was found to be 1.44. High
activity against different insects (11). saponification value indicates more saponifiable
fats S. glauca seed oil was subjected to trans-
Evaluation of physico-chemical properties such as
esterification using methylating agent (MeOH) to
Iodine, Peroxide, Acid and Free Fatty Acid value of
convert into fatty acid methyl ester [FAME].The
the oil extracts of 103 seed sources quantified to be
genetic source KD 23 yielded appreciably high oil
26.47(C-10) to 29.19 (C-6) mg/g, 0.43 (C-2) to 2.14
and rich storehouse of bioactive constituents
mg/g (KD44), 1.6 (KD45) to 12.0 2 mg/g(KD3) and
(secondary metabolites), with high saponifiable
0.8 (KD45) to 6.01% (KD3) respectively. Physico-
matters (252), free fatty acids (2 %) and
chemical properties of the Jatropha curcas seed oil
unsaponifiable matters(6%)which could be tapped
indicated that the acid value, freefatty acids,
for use as pesticide. The S.glauca represents a good
peroxide value and iodine value were high(12).
source of active botanicals and significant
Saponifiable and unsaponifiable matters were also
physicochemical properties could be exploited for
estimated and found to range between 140 (KD65)
its insecticidal activity.
to 264 (KD68) and 1 (ES8) to 6% (KD39)
Lot no Density Iodine value Peroxide value Acid value Free Fatty Acid Saponification Unsaponifiable
mg/g mg/g mg/g Value % value matter %
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