Hydrolysis optimization and characterization study of preparing fatty acids from <it>Jatropha curcas </it>seed oil

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Fatty acids (FAs) are important as raw materials for the biotechnology industry. Existing methods of FAs production are based on chemical methods. In this study potassium hydroxide (KOH)-catalyzed reactions were utilized to hydrolysi...

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Main Authors: Salimon Jumat, Abdullah Bashar, Salih Nadia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:Chemistry Central Journal
Online Access:http://journal.chemistrycentral.com/content/5/1/67