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Jayashanthini. S
Division of Chemistry and Bioprospecting, Institute of Forest Genetics sand Tree Breeding, Coimbatore 641002, Tamilnadu, India.
K. S. Rathinam
Division of Chemistry and Bioprospecting, Institute of Forest Genetics sand Tree Breeding, Coimbatore 641002, Tamilnadu, India.
R. Lakshmidevi
Division of Chemistry and Bioprospecting, Institute of Forest Genetics sand Tree Breeding, Coimbatore 641002, Tamilnadu, India.
R. Sumathi
Division of Chemistry and Bioprospecting, Institute of Forest Genetics sand Tree Breeding, Coimbatore 641002, Tamilnadu, India.
S. Murugesan
Division of Chemistry and Bioprospecting, Institute of Forest Genetics sand Tree Breeding, Coimbatore 641002, Tamilnadu, India.
N. Senthilkumar
Division of Chemistry and Bioprospecting, Institute of Forest Genetics sand Tree Breeding, Coimbatore 641002, Tamilnadu, India.
Abstract
The physicochemical characterization of oil extracts from Simarouba glauca DC. seeds collected in Southern states of India was performed. Among the organic solvents used for oil extraction n-hexane was found promising with high oil yield of 32%.Maximum oil yield was observed in the accession KD 23 with 34% collected from Nallampalli, Dharmapuri. Phytochemical screening of seed oil of S. glauca showed the presence of Steroids and Terpenoids. High saponification value indicated that the free fatty acids are low and saponifiable fats are more especially high triglycerol content hence, the seed oil has been converted into FAME for further characterization. The genetic source KD 23 yielded appreciably high oil and rich storehouse of bioactive constituents (secondary metabolites), with high saponifiable matters (252), and unsaponifiable matters (6%) which could be tapped for use as insecticide.
Keywords: Simarouba glauca, FAME, insecticide, bioactive, saponification