Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Palm oil is one of the major oils in the world oils and fats trade.Palm oil derivatives such as palm olein, palm kernel oil, palm stearin, palm mid fraction, are typically obtained from palm oil refinery plants.A wide range of edible palmbased products are available in the current market including cooking oil, frying oil, margarines, shortenings, specialty fats, vanaspati and spray dried products.Besides, palm oil derivatives are important source of oleochemicals and other downstream derivatives such as soaps, surfactants, candles, cosmetics and personal care products, detergents, food emulsifiers, lubricants, paints, pharmaceutical, textiles and biofuels 1) .Palm oil derivatives are also used extensively as food ingredients in ice-cream, salad dressings, snack foods, biscuits, mayonnaise, maggie mee, and condensed milk 2) .Palm oils are known to exert precious nutritional values due to its high content of carotenoids, phytosterols, tocotrienols and tocophenols, which have been proven to exhibit anti-oxidant 3) , anticancer 4) and anti-inflammatory 5) properties.Moreover, crossover studies showed that normocholesterolemic subjects who were given palm oleinrich and olive oil-rich diets, reflected comparable effects of total, HDL and LDL cholesterols in their blood levels 6,7) .Similar trends were observed for the adults fed palm olein
Source: Journal of Oleo Science
DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess17078
Language: English
Subfield: Organic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $301
Funder: Malaysian Palm Oil Board
OpenAlex ID: W2766438367