Extraction and analysis of tea (Camellia sinensis) seed oil from different clones in Kenya

Kenyan tea ( Camellia sinensis ) is widely grown for its leaves and is commercialized as black tea. Product diversification and value addition is currently an area of great interest. This study provides data on the physico-chemical properties of Kenyan tea seed oil from selected clones of tea seeds to ascertain its potential applications. Soxhlet extraction using hexane was employed to obtain tea seed oil followed by chemical analysis to assess...