THE FATTY ACIDS OF INDIGENOUS RESOURCES FOR POSSIBLE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS PART XI. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND UTILIZATION STUDIES ON SEED OIL OF BOMBAX-MALABARICUM SIMAL

Abstract

The chemical composition of the seed oil of Bombax malabaricum locally known as simal or simbal has been evaluated. The seeds yielded 17.2% pale oil, composed of myristic (3.4%), palmitic (4.7%) palmitoleic (7'2 %), stearic (9.2%), oleic (44.3 %), linoleic (25.6 %) and behenic acid (3.7 %) and unsaponifiable matter (1.78 %).