A Study Of Oil Bearing Seeds From Some Indigenous Plants

Thesis on A Study Of Oil Bearing Seeds From Some Indigenous Plants.

The everyday use of fats and oils can roughly be divided into the following two classes. Firstly, they are one of the basic ingredients) directly and indirectly, in the diet of the, human being. .Secondly, they are used for soap-making, for the manufacture of paints and other drying vehicles, and also for making greases and other miscellaneous, industrial products. For each purpose a different type ·of oil is needed, so that it is necessary not only to know the origin .of an oil, but also its properties and composition before it can .be classed for use in any one of the above-mentioned categories.