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Journal Article 
Studies on alternative solvents for the extraction of oil-l soybean 
Gandhi, AP; Joshi, KC; Jha, K; Parihar, VS; Srivastav, DC; Raghunadh, P; Kawalkar, J; Jain, SK; Tripathi, RN 
2003 
Yes 
International Journal of Food Science and Technology
ISSN: 0950-5423
EISSN: 1365-2621 
38 
3 
369-375 
English 
Feasibility of using alternative solvents for the extraction of soybean oil was studied. The studies were conducted with commercial-grade absolute solvents, aqueous solvents and azeotropes. It was concluded that n-heptane, n-propanol, IPA and ethanol were equally effective in the extraction of soybean oil when compared with n-hexane. The advantage with higher aqueous content solvent was the lower amount of organic solvent required. 
Absolute solvents; Azeotropes; Oil extraction; Quality; Residual solvents; Solubility