Volume : V, Issue : I, January - 2015

Studies On GC–MS analysis of fungal biodegraded vegetable oils

Dr. R. L. Mishra, Prachi A. Joshi

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Oils derived from vegetable sources are of immense use. Being important food ingredient, they have a huge industrial demand.Vegetable oil spills can cause serious effects on marine life and coastal environment. Physical, mechanical and chemical methods are not sufficient for removal of oil traces. For this problem the biodegradation is the ultimate solution.The present study aimed to isolate various species of fungi capable of degrading some commonly used vegetable oils like coconut oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil etc. and to determine their degradation potential. Decomposed oil seeds were used to isolate different fungal species, identified and their lypolytic activity was determined by growing them in oil containing culture medium. Quantitative analysis was of biodegradation was carried by using several methods like dry weight of mycelium, weight of residual oil after degradation, peroxide values, iodine number and free fatty acid content. GC–MS analysis of degraded and non–degraded oil samples were carried out to confirm biodegradation. From the above 6 different fungal members were isolated namely; Aspergillus flavusLink.,Aspergillus fumigates Fresenius (Syn. Aspergillus oryzae (Ahlburg.) Cohn.)Aspergillus niger gr., Aspergillus glaucus Link., Penicilliumchrysogenum Thom and RhizopusnigricansEhrenberg.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Prachi. A. Joshi, Dr. R. L. Mishra, Studies Ongc-Ms Analysis of Fungal Biodegraded Vegetable Oils Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 1 January 2015

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