Cuttak Silver Vegetable Dyes

Descripción del producto

Jatropha Curcas is a non edible oil crop predominately used to produce bio-diesel. In addition to bio-diesel production, the by-product of Jatropha Curcas trans-esterification process can be used to make a wide range of products including high quality paper, energy pellets, soap, cosmetics, toothpaste, embalming fluid, pipe joint cement, cough medicine and as a moistening agent in tobacco.

Potential as raw material for dye:

• The bark of Jatropha curcas yields a dark blue dye which is reported to be used for colouring cloth, finishing nets and lines
• The dye may be extracted from leaves and tender stems and concentrated to yellowish syrup or dried to blackish brown lumpy mass
• The dye imparts to cotton different shades of tan and brown which are fairly fast