TITLE	Potential use of Pedilanthus tithymaloides Poit. as a renewable resource of plant hydrocarbons
AUTHOR	Srilekha De Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Calcutta - 700 019, India Archana Bag Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Calcutta - 700 019, India Subhendu Mukherji Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Calcutta - 700 019, India
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ABSTRACT	Pedilanthus tithymaloides was evaluated as an incessantly renewable and potential source of hydrocarbons. Extracts were obtained from successive extraction of whole plant material with solvents like petroleum ether (b.p. 60_80°C), benzene (b.p. 80°C) and ethyl acetate (76_78°C). A white amorphous mixture of hydrocarbons was obtained by elution of the column by petroleum ether (b.p. 60_80°C) which was found to be comparable with gasoline.
KEYWORD	Hydrocarbons; Pedilanthus tithymaloides Poit.; Renewable resource;
ARTICLE INFO	Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 38 Number 2 April 1997, page 105-108, 4 pages
PUBLISHER	Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China