Cashew nut (Anarcadium occidentale) reject is a waste material from cashew nut processing industry usually regarded as non valuable. The oil was extracted using Soxhlet and mechanical methods separately; the proximate composition and physicochemical characteristics of the oil were investigated using standard analytical methods. respectively. The results showed that the method of soxhlet extraction gave the highest yield and that the cashew nuts reject oil is non-drying, non -edible and can be employed for soap making, biodiesel production and other industrial uses.
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