Talk:Vegetable oil refining
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[edit] Different types of vegetable oils.
Most vegetable oils are fatty-acid triglycerides. But not all. This has become an issue over in the talk section on the article about the algae Botryococcus braunii, the major oil of which is a triterpenoid. This here entry on vegetable oil refining needs to be more clear and accurate on which oils can be used in which processes to make specific fuels. Bobkeyes (talk) 06:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Do you have any reference that claims triterpenoid is a vegetable oil? If I look under vegetable oil or Tryglyceride or lipids I don't think you are correct. Vincecate (talk) 10:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- I have email correspondence from an expert in the field. I'll try to find some additional references to back this up. If you have publishes sources that disagree with what I've said, please cite them. I am going to try to find as many public domain or web-accessible texts on the subject and make a large reading lists for you, me, and others interested in this field to read and cite. Bobkeyes (talk) 04:08, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
- I checked with your Timothy P. Devarenne expert and he said, "No, botryococcene triterpenes can not count as "vegetable oil". Vegetable oils are composed of fatty acids in the form of triglycerides. Botryococcenes are not fatty acids. They are hydrocarbon oils made from the isoprenoid pathway." Turns out oil is not a secific scientific thing but vegetable oil is. Vincecate (talk) 12:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
- I have email correspondence from an expert in the field. I'll try to find some additional references to back this up. If you have publishes sources that disagree with what I've said, please cite them. I am going to try to find as many public domain or web-accessible texts on the subject and make a large reading lists for you, me, and others interested in this field to read and cite. Bobkeyes (talk) 04:08, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
