Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Scientific Review Committee
About the Editors
Section I: Non-Edible Oilseed
Chapter 1. Phenotypic and Propagation Characteristics of Ricinus communis L. Identified in Xico, Veracruz, Mexico
(J.A. Briones-Hernández, O.M. Palacios-Wassenaar and Ofelia Andrea Valdés-Rodríguez – Regional Sustainable Development Academy, El Colegio de Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico, et al.)
Chapter 2. Ricinus Root Growing Patterns on Sandy Sloping Soils
(Ofelia Andrea Valdés-Rodríguez – Regional Sustainable Development Academy, El Colegio de Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico)
Chapter 3. Ricinus communis L.: High-Value Waste and Possible Potential Uses in the Agroindustry
(Pedro López-Ordaz, Vianey Sánchez-Granados, Gloria Dávila-Ortiz, J. Jorge Chanona-Pérez, Ma. De la Paz Salgado-Cruz, María de Jesús Perea-Flores – División Químico Biológicas, Universidad Tecnológica de Tecámac, Estado de México, México, et al.)
Chapter 4. Prospecting for Uses of Proteic Compounds Isolated from Ricinus Communis Plants
(Francianne Galossi de Souza and Olga Lima Tavares Machado – Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, RJ, Brazil)
Chapter 5. Summary of Evidence: Jatropha curcas L. Non-Toxic Variety “Sevangel” Cultivation for Oil Production
(Silvia Evangelista-Lozano, Brenda Hildeliza Camacho-Diaz, Sandra Victoria Ávila Reyes, Martha Lucia Arenas-Ocampo, and Antonio Ruperto Jiménez-Aparicio – Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, San Isidro Yautepec, Morelos, México)
Section II: Edible Oilseed
Chapter 6. The Oil Palm
(Alexandra Mondragón-Serna, María Andrea Baena-Santa, Alexis González-Díaz, Jesús Alberto García-Núñez, Iván Mauricio Ayala-Díaz, Hernán Mauricio Romero-Angulo – Colombian Oil Palm Research Center, Cenipalma, Bogotá, Colombia)
Chapter 7. Hazelnut Oil Chemistry and Technology
(Cansu Ekin Gumus and Aziz Tekin – Ankara University, Department of Food Engineering, Turkey)
Chapter 8. Green Coffee Oil Extraction: New Trends and Applications
(Sandra Elizabeth García-Solis, Viridiana Pérez-Pérez, Martha Lucia Arenas-Ocampo, Liliana Alamilla Beltrán, Brenda Hildeliza Camacho Diaz – Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, Yautepec Morelos México, et al.)
Chapter 9. Updates and Perspectives for the Use of Chia Seed
(Minerva Rentería-Ortega, Georgina Calderón-Domínguez, María de J. Perea-Flores, Mayra Díaz-Ramírez, Alitzel B. García-Hernández, Reynold R. Farrera-Rebollo, Jorge Yánez-Fernández, Ma. P. Salgado-Cruz – Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Ciudad de México, México, et al.)
Section III: Valorization of Vegetable Oils
Chapter 10. Vegetable Oils Valorization for Non-Food Applications
(Fabiola Sandoval-Salas, Christell Barrales-Fernández, Graciela Ortega-Ávila, Carlos Méndez-Carreto, León Raúl Hernández-Ochoa – Laboratorio de Investigación, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITSPerote, Perote, Ver., México, et al.)
List of Contributing Authors
Index
