Comparative evaluation of physicochemical and antimicrobial properties of rubber seed oil from different regions of Bangladesh.

In Bangladesh, the annual production of rubber seeds is typically left untapped although the seeds contained a high percentage of oil but underutilized without any value-added utilization. This study aims to evaluate the geographical effect on physicochemical properties, fatty acid composition and the antimicrobial activity of oil extracted from rubber seeds. Seeds were collected from three different regions of Bangladesh and the oil was extracted by the soxhlet method using -hexane as a solvent.