The Utilization of Moringa Oleifera (Malunggay)

Rising energy prices and environmental problems led to the increase in alcohol demands in many aspects, same(p) in making fuels. Many people are doing researches about making their own product so as to lessen their everyday expenses. mightily now, Filipino scientists are in think of the search for alternative fuels, with the experts from the University of the Philippines in both Diliman and Los Banos campuses searching all over the archipelago for energy themes from the forests to the bottom of the sea, from enzymes to kingdom Fungi and other microorganisms.So, the research worker came up of using the malunggay leaves extract as source of ethanol since based on the study done by Senator Loren Legarda, the extracts obtained from the leaves of malunggay plant life is 80% ethanol, which is used for fuels. This study knew the possibility of ethanol from malunggay leaves extract. First, the researcher poised the needed the raw material, the malunggay leaves. It weighted . 75 kilogr am. Then, through the process of contrition and filtration, 700mL of malunggay leaves extract was produced. The extract was fermented after with the aid of live yeast for a period of six weeks.The fermented extracts was then distilled using the simple distilling apparatus and the researcher obtained 60 mL ethanol. The ethanol was then brought to the Philippine Institute of slender and Applied Chemistry (PIPAC) to know its ethanol content. Based on the interrogation done, only . 5% of the volume of the product is ethanol. After the testing, the intrinsic properties were computed. apply the formula for density, D=mass/volume, 47. 4 g/ml was obtained. For the item gravity, the formula SG=density of the liquid/density of water, and . 79 was obtained.