Karawila (Momordica charantia), also known as bitter gourd, is widely used as a food and a medicine in Asian countries. Representative samples of the seeds of the most abundant cultivar (MC43) in Sri Lanka were collected. ...

The use of Alternanthera sessilis, which is commonly known as Mukunuwenna in Sri Lanka as a source of chlorophyll was examined. The extraction of chlorophyll was carried out using buffered 80 % (v/v) aqueous acetone. The ...

Blending of different types of fatty oils is becoming popular in surface coating industry due to flexibility in obtaining better performances. The synthesis and evaluation of the physical properties of long oil alkyd ...

Mass transfer modeling was used to study the extraction efficiency and the effect of temperature on solvent extraction of chlorophyll from. Alternanthera sessilis, which is a leafy vegetable cultivated in tropics and sub ...

Considerable amount of conjugated trienoic (eleosteric acid) or methylene interrupted trienoic (lenolenic acid) acids in fatty oil contribute to form a dried film when thin film of such fatty oil is exposed to air. Generally ...

Chlorophyll is a widely used ingredient for various applications including medicines food supplements, cosmetics and and toiletries. It is extracted traditionally from alfalfa, spinach and algae. Altemanthera sessilis, ...

Extraction of chlorophyll from various plants is a key topic of scientific and commercial interest. Alternantherasessilis was used for theextraction of chlorophyll as a locally available plant in Sri Lanka. The effect ...

Chitosan contains amine and amino groups which have the ability to generate cationic type surfactants when combined with H+ ions. It has a high potential for use as a cationic emulsifier for negatively charged siliceous ...

An alkyd/melamine resin mixture is the usual composition for the preparation of coating called Baking enamel or Stoving enamel cured through functional groups of the resin. This research focused on novel modified stoving ...

The effectiveness of the blending of karawila seed oil with soya oil on the drying characteristic of the alkyd resins was studied. Monoglyceride process was used to synthesize the alkyd resins. The film properties of the ...