| Author(s) | Salim S. AI-Showiman |
| Affiliation | Department of Chemistry, College of Science P.D.Box 2455, King Saud University Riyadh-11451, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Furfural from Some Edible Plants Grown in Saudi Arabia |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Science. Volume 10, No 2. (1998/1418) |
| Abstract | Some edible plants such as Petroselinum horpense, Eruca sativa, Corchorus olitorius, Lactuca sativa, Cucumis sativus, Spinacia oleracea, Portulaca oleracea widely grown in Saudi Arabia have been tentatively analyzed and estimated for furfural content by colorometric spectrophotometry after hydrolysis in 13% HCI and extracting through xylene-partition method. The study revealed that there is significant variation in furfural percentage amongst the 7 species, which were found to contain furfural in the range 1.60- 6.82% (Table I). The results indicate the potentiality of these plants, which can be considered to be as good sources of pentosans and furfural contents as other widely used sources of agricultural biomass (Table 2). |
