INVESTIGATION OF THE PRESS CAKE OF SUGAR CANE CULTIVATED IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

The petroleum ether extract of the air-dried press cake resulting from Cane Sugar Industry was concentrated where ceryl alcohol precipitated out. The dried dark green mother liquor was saponified. Many long chain alkanes, long chain aliphatic, alcohols, and steroids were separated from the unsaponified matter.
The methyl esters of fatty acids content and certain minerals of press cake were determined quantitataly.