Extracción y purificación de aceite a partir de semilla de calabacilla loca (Cucurbita foetidissima) para su aplicación en la industria alimentaría Oil extraction and purification from calabacilla loca (Cucurbita foetidissima) for its application in food industry

The following assay was developed to evaluate the potential of calabacilla loca (C. foetidissima) as a source of vegetal oil. The seeds were ground and the flour was washed to eliminate and evaluate the chlorine percentage. Oil extractions were performed using seed's flour by soxleth method, the solvent selected was hexane. The product was refined by a NaOH treatment and