Bioprospecting for seed oils from wild plants in the Mediterranean Basin for biodiesel production

• Published in: Journal of cleaner production Vol. 159; pp. 180 - 193
• Main Authors: Guil-Guerrero, José Luis, Guil-Laynez, José Luis, Guil-Laynez, Álvaro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.08.2017
• Subjects: agricultural land; basins; biodiesel; Biodiesel standard; Cetane number; Clean energy; Conium maculatum; ecoregions; employment; energy; Eryngium maritimum; fatty acid composition; Fatty acid methyl ester; fatty acid methyl esters; fuel production; habitats; iodine value; Nigella damascena; petroleum; Portulaca oleracea; potassium hydroxide; Prangos; Renewable fuel; rural areas; saponification number; seed oils; seeds; sowing; Tribulus terrestris; viscosity; wild plants; wildlife; ρ; IP; IV; Biodiesel standard; Renewable fuel; SOFA; AAS; FAME; δ; Cetane number; η; FA; SN; CFPP; Fatty acid methyl ester; wt; Fcy; Clean energy

In the Mediterranean Basin, petroleum energy resources are scarce. For an environmentally sustainable solution, the seeds collected from wild plants indigenous to this area could be used as biodiesel producers to meet the energy demand. For this, the fatty acid profiles of seed oils from 127 species...