The present study deals with estimation of toxic phorbol esters in Jatropha curcas oil, cake and biodiesel and performance emission of different blends of biodiesel in diesel engine. The jatropha seed was collected from Chattishgarh, India and oil content of the seed kernel was 56.5%, determined...

Fatty acid methyl ester derived from renewable lipid feedstock is popularly known as biodiesel, the substitute for petroleum based diesel fuel. The non-food oils such as Jatropha (Jatropha curcas), Karanja (Pongamia pinnata), waste cooking oil, by-product of vegetable oil refineries are the...