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Table 5 Brebra oil chemical and physical characteristics

From: Proximate composition, mineral content and antinutritional factors of Brebra (Millettia ferruginea) seed flour as well as physicochemical characterization of its seed oil

Oil physicochemical characteristics

Unit

Values

Colour

 

Pale-yellow color limpid liquid

Density at 20°C

Kg/m3

0.942

Specific gravity at 20°C

kg/l

0.926

Kinematic Viscosity at 40°C

mm2/s

40.59

Acid value

mg KOH/g

0.39

pH value

 

6.38

Saponification value

mg KOH/g

174.95

Refractive index at 40°C

 

1.473

Iodine value

gI2/100 gm

104.48

Peroxide value

mEq/Kg

6.88

Ester value

 

174.56

  1. All values are mean value of triplicates.