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The desert date seeds were collected from Gomo, washed, decocted, dried, and pulverized. The seed oil was extracted using soxhlet apparatus with n- hexane as solvent. The percentage yield of the extracted oil was found to be 40.5%. While the physicochemical analysis of the seed oil was conducted using standard procedures with the following results; specific density 0.98g/cm3, saponification value 134mgKOH/g, peroxide value 38meq/kg, acid value 12.6mgKOH/g, free fatty acid value 12.7mgKOH/g. These results indicate that Desert date seed oil could be a rich source of oil for industrial and domestic purposes if exploited richly. |
