See About archive blog posts. Plant science company SG Biofuels will partner with biotechnology firm Life Technologies Corp. to establish seeds from the jatropha shrub as a viable alternative fuel.

The information we received was surprising, because the plant in question turned out to be Jatropha curcas, Barbados nut. The seeds in the genus, Jatropha, are poisonous, though there is a non ...

Jatropha curcas: A tropical plant species cultivated for its oil-rich seeds, which hold significant promise as a biodiesel feedstock but contain toxic substances.

RUDN University chemists have proposed a new method of producing fuel from Jatropha Curcas, a poisonous tropical plant. Natural minerals and a non-toxic additive from vegetable raw materials are ...

A recent study on the 'Current Progress of Jatropha curcas commoditisation as Biodiesel Feedstock', found that Jatropha-based biofuel, when utilised in an internal combustion engine, produced less ...

Armando Valdez-Ramírez, Miguel Ángel Ramos-Lopèz, Antonio Flores-Macías, Orthon Ricardo Vargas-Cardoso, Joel Daniel Castañeda-Espinoza, Rodolfo Figueroa-Brito, Bioactivity of seed extracts from ...

Curcusones are compounds that come from a shrub named Jatropha curcas, also called the purging nut. Native to the Americas, it has spread to other continents, including Africa and Asia. The plant has ...

NICOLA FAVRETTO, LINDSAY C STRINGER, ANDREW J DOUGILL, Unpacking livelihood challenges and opportunities in energy crop cultivation: perspectives on Jatropha curcas projects in Mali, The Geographical ...

Mission’s 194,000 acres of planted Jatropha have a 30-year supply of some 22 million barrels Jatropha oil, which is cost competitive with crude oil at approximately US$52 per barrel.