Applications of Epoxidised Palmbased Unsaturated Fatty Acids
Over the past decade, palm oil has become dominant in the global trade of vegetable oils (which include soyabean, canola, linseed, rapeseed, corn, cottonseed, peanut, sesame and sunflower) despite the controversy raised by the western media regarding the sustainability of its production and health issues. This is due to several advantages offered by palm oil over actual and potential alternatives in terms of versatility, productivity, price and volume availability (Shimizu and Desrochers, 2012). Oil palm is considered a golden crop because of its high efficiency of production (Figure 1).