Volume 15, Issue 36, July - December, 2021

The Extraction of Oil from Moringa oleifera for Pharmaceutical Utilization

Ukpaka CP^♦, Goodhead TO, Ekperi NI

Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering, Rivers State University Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering, Rivers State University Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

Research work was conducted on Moringa oleifera for oil extraction with the aid of n-hexane as basis for solvent extraction and water for steam extraction. The result obtained reveals that n-hexane solvent extraction yielded optimal volume when compared with the steam extraction. The product obtained from steam extraction has less fatty acid than the n-hexane solvent extraction, but the processing period of n-hexane solvent extraction is faster compared to steam extraction. The products recovered from both process was analyzed using GC and result obtained revealed that both products are found useful in the pharmaceutical industries

Keywords: Extraction, oil Moringa oleifera, pharmaceutical, utilization, product

Drug Discovery, 2021, 15(36), 149-158

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