Abstract

Febri Odel Nitbani¹ , Hermania Em Wogo², Titus Lapailaka¹ and Beta Achromi Nurohmah²

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/3402058

Kabate larva oils could be produced from its larva through Soxhlet extraction using n-hexane. Kabate larva, which locally in Timor Island called, can be found in the wounded stem of Sesbania gradiflora L. tree. In this work, the physicochemical properties and the fatty acid composition of Kabate larva oils were evaluated. Kabate larva oils was afforded as viscous yellow liquid with acid value, saponification value, peroxide number, iodine number, kinematic viscosity (at 100°C) and specific gravity (15°C) properties were 1.58 mg KOH/g; 111.28 mg KOH/g; 2.1554 meg/kg; 44.1426; 0.8159 g/mL; 40.57 mm²/s respectively. Based on the GC-MS analysis, it has been found out that fatty acids composition in Kabate larva oil were identified as a palmitic and oleic acid with a percentage value of 43.57 and 56.43% respectively.

Kabate Larva Oil; Physicochemical Properties; Fatty Acid

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