Physicochemical Analysis of Moringa oleifera Seeds

The soxhlet extraction of Moringa seed oil was used to determine the proximate and physicochemical screening. The parameters obtained for the proximate screening were 7.64% moisture content, 4.05% ash content, 29.65% crude fat, 34.92% crude protein and 52.30% carbohydrate while the values obtained for the physico-chemical screening were 62.45% for Iodide, 1.1% for specific gravity, 9.84 for free fatty acid, 162.84% for saponification value, 4.10% for peroxide value, 1.46% for refractive index, 10.50% for viscosity and 5.95% for acid value. The results showed that Moringa oleifera seeds and seed oil could be employed for edible and commercial purposes.