Introduction in culture of new kinds of wild-growing plants. Hohoba

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Recently the great attention has involved in itself a little-known plant from which it is possible to receive a vegetative substitute of whale fat that would allow to rescue steadily reduced population of whales. Hohoba (Simmon-dsia chinensis) - the hardy bush growing in droughty areas of northern Mexico. Its main valuable product - liquid wax which, as well as whale fat, consists of the higher fat acids, eterifitsirovannyh high-molecular spirits.

The Modern crisis of whaling caused by reduced number of whales in the World ocean, has forced scientists to begin searches of substitutes of whale fat and as hohobu, similarly gvajule, it is possible to grow up in semidroughty areas, on the earths of little use for other cultures, it is represented perspective as such substitute. Hohoba it is steady against desert heats (till 35-45 °s in a shade) and by a drought, i.e. Perfectly grows on such soils and at such humidity which are unsuitable for the majority of other agricultural crops.

Simeon hohoby contain to 50% of liquid wax which can be squeezed out of them or ekstragirovat solvents. This wax contains so few impurity that it can be used almost without processing as lubricant means; it maintains repeated heating to heats, without changing the viscosity. wax allocated from hohoby, is so similar to whale fat that it can be applied to all those purposes for which now use this fat quite. Valuable qualities possesses not only wax, but also oil cakes remaining after its allocation in which the maintenance of fibers makes about third of their gross weight. These oil cakes have one lack, consisting that any chemical substances containing in them suppress appetite at laboratory rats for whom them tested; However as a result of regular researches, perhaps, it will be possible to find a way which will allow to get rid of these substances that will make oil cakes suitable on a forage to livestock. Besides, it is possible that the substance suppressing appetite, it will be possible to use in medicine in adiposity cases.