Which plant oil is a major source of commercial importance?
Major plant oil sources of commercial importance out of the 40 documented ones that contain edible oils include soybean, sunflower, groundnuts, rapeseed, coconut, and oil palm .
How much vegetable oil is produced in the world?
Statistics show that global production of vegetable oil has steadily increased from about 90.5 million metric tons in 2000/2001 to 207.5 million metric tons in 2019/2020 and these trends are expected to continue in the future .
Which methods are used in vegetable oil extraction?
From the preceding analysis, it is observed that recent research on vegetable oil extractions has been focused more on the assisted methods (microwave and ultrasound) and supercritical fluid extraction compared to the conventional solvent and mechanical extraction methods.
Is the oil extraction process reproducible from beauty leaf seed?
Bhuiya et al. studied the oil extraction process from beauty leaf seed of Australian origin and observed that the solvent extraction process was more reproducible, with relative ease of seed preparation and did not require extensive training compared to the mechanical extraction method.