Study of degradation of phorbol ester in soil with HPLC and brine shrimp (Artemia sp.) bioassay.

• Main Author: Yeo, Eunice.
• Other Authors: Hong Yan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44901
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Jatropha curcas (Jatropha) seeds are usually extracted to obtain oil for use in production of biodiesel. During oil extraction process, nutrient-rich seedcake is produced, and is often applied to crops as fertilizers. However, seedcake contains toxic phorbol esters (PEs); as such there is an eco-tox...