Product Details:
Minimum Order Quantity | 1000 Litre |
Packaging Type | Bottle |
Color | Pale Yellow |
Boiling Point | 316 Deg C |
Iodine Value | 86.5 - 87 g/100 g |
Form | Liquid |
Plant Part Used/Extracted From | Seeds |
Acid Value | 4.0 - 12 mg KOH/g |
Cloud point | 3.5 Deg C |
Fire Point | 230 Deg C |
Karanja oil is extracted from the seeds by expeller pressing, cold pressing, or solvent extraction. The oil is yellowish-orange to brown in color. It is toxic and will induce nausea and vomiting if eaten, but it is used in many traditional remedies. It has a high content of triglycerides, and its disagreeable taste and odor are due to bitter flavonoid constituents including karanjin, pongamol, tannin, and karanjachromene.
Millettia pinnata has a number of different varieties but little research has been published on the differences between them. This combined with variances in soil and weather can change the species composition of Pongamia oil. Typically Pongamia oil is composed of the following fatty acids