Castor oil: properties, uses, and optimization of processing parameters in commercial production

VR Patel, GG Dumancas, LCK Viswanath… - Lipid …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Castor oil, produced from castor beans, has long been considered to be of important
commercial value primarily for the manufacturing of soaps, lubricants, and coatings, among …

[HTML][HTML] Castor oil (Ricinus communis): a review on the chemical composition and physicochemical properties

A Yeboah, S Ying, J Lu, Y Xie… - Food Science and …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Increasing world population has markedly increased the demand for vegetable oils for
domestic and industrial purposes. Plant-based vegetable oils have been identified as one of …

Electrochemistry of nonconjugated proteins and glycoproteins. Toward sensors for biomedicine and glycomics

E Paleček, J Tkáč, M Bartosik, T Bertók… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The present advances in biology are related to progress in genomics, proteomics, and other
“-omics”, including glycomics, working with a large amount of data regarding human and …

Castor oil as a potential renewable resource for the production of functional materials

EB Mubofu - Sustainable Chemical Processes, 2016 - Springer
Castor oil is increasingly becoming an important bio-based raw material for industrial
applications. The oil is non-edible and can be extracted from castor seeds from the castor …

Oleogelation: From scientific feasibility to applicability in food products

M Scharfe, E Flöter - European journal of lipid science and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oleogels offer the possibility to replace conventional saturated fatty acid (SAFA)‐based
lipids with a healthier alternative by immobilizing liquid edible oils in a 3D‐network which is …

Raising crop productivity in Africa through intensification

Z Tadele - Agronomy, 2017 - mdpi.com
The population of Africa will double in the next 33 years to reach 2.5 billion by 2050.
Although roughly 60% of the continent's population is engaged in agriculture, the produce …

Fully bio-based thermosetting polyurethanes from bio-based polyols and isocyanates

R Morales-Cerrada, R Tavernier, S Caillol - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The trend towards the utilization of bioresources for the manufacturing of polymers has led
industry players to bring to the market new monomers. In this work, we studied 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation and characterization of activated carbon from castor seed hull by chemical activation with H3PO4

I Neme, G Gonfa, C Masi - Results in Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Activated carbon (AC) is an import porous material that is used for various industrial
applications. In this work, AC was prepared from the castor seed hull (CH-AC) through H 3 …

Prospects, feedstocks and challenges of biodiesel production from beauty leaf oil and castor oil: A nonedible oil sources in Australia

AK Azad, MG Rasul, MMK Khan, SC Sharma… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study critically reviewed the prospects, feedstocks and challenges of biodiesel
production from two non-edible oil sources, namely Beauty leaf oil (BLT)(Calophyllum …

Challenges and opportunities for new industrial oilseed crops in EU-27: A review

F Zanetti, A Monti, MT Berti - Industrial Crops and Products, 2013 - Elsevier
The growing demand for renewable feedstock as a substitute for petroleum-derived products
offers a unique opportunity for conventional and new oilseeds in Europe. This review …