Production of ethoxylated fatty acids derived from Jatropha non-edible oil as a nonionic fat-liquoring agent.

Natural fatty derivatives (oleochemicals) have been used as intermediate materials in several industries replacing the harmful and expensive petrochemicals. Fatty ethoxylates are one of these natural fatty derivatives. In the present work Jatropha fatty acids were derived from the non edible Jatropha oil and used as the fat source precursor. The ethoxylation process was carried out on the derived fatty acids using a conventional cheap catalyst (K2CO3) in order to obtain economically and naturally valuable non-ionic surfactants. Ethoxylation reaction was proceeded using ethylene oxide gas in the presence of 1 or 2% K2CO3 catalyst at 120 and 145°C for 5, 8 and 12 hours. The prepared products were evaluated for their chemical and physical properties as well as its application as non- ionic fat-liquoring agents in leather industry. The obtained results showed that the number of ethylene oxide groups introduced in the fatty acids as well as their EO% increased as the temperature and time of the reaction increased. The highest ethoxylation number was obtained at 145°C for 8 hr. Also, the prepared ethoxylated products were found to be effective fat-liquors with high HLB values giving stable oil in water emulsions. The fat-liquored leather led to an improvement in its mechanical properties such as tensile strength and elongation at break. In addition, a significant enhancement in the texture of the treated leather by the prepared fat-liquors as indicated from the scanning electron microscope (SEM) images was observed.

Heated fats. Part 3. Biological effect and effect of heating and tempering oils on fatty acid composition of liver, heart and serum lipids of rats.

The study deals with the biological effect caused by changes in fats during heating. The study includes feeding experiments and extraction of serum, liver, and heart from the animals tested. The biological study reveals that animals fed heated oil showed retardation of growth, poor efficiencies, rough, greasy mottled coats, and shortened life span.

Biochemical changes in cottonseed during development and maturity.

The changes in cottonseed constituents at different boll ages ranging from 5 to 60 days after flowering are reported. A gradual depletion of sugars coincided with gradual formation of oil has been found. Proteins are accumulated at a more or less even rate. Gossypol starts its appearance in 10 days old boll, and continuously increases. The iodine value of the oils shows gradual increase, while the acid value continuously decreases. Continuous decrease in total saturated fatty acids during development and maturity was observed while linoleic acid continuously increases. The total phospholipid content of the oil continuously decreases. The total saturated fatty acid contents of the phospholipids are generally higher than that of their corresponding oils.

Chromatographic column fractionation and fatty acid composition of different lipid classes of linseed oil.

Linseed oil is fractionated on silicic acid column, with subsequent identification of different lipid classes by thin layer chromatography. Sterol esters, triglycerides, free fatty acids, sterols and phospholipids represent 0.15, 92.25, 3.30, 1.15 and 1.16%, respectively of linseed lipids. The total saturated fatty acid content of the phospholipid fraction is higher than that of the oil, the triglyceride fraction and the free fatty acid fraction. Linolenic acid, which is the major fatty acid in linseed triglycerides (47.5%), makes 18.2% of the phospholipid fatty acids. Oleic acid is the major fatty acid in the phospholipid fraction (35.2%), while it constitutes 19.3% of the triglycerides fatty acids.