Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
A lubricant is a substance used to reduce surface friction and wear between interacting surfaces, to dissipate heat, prevent corrosion and transfer of power. In general, a good lubricant should have a high viscosity index, high flash and fire points (higher than the operating temperature of the machine), high oiliness, and high resistance towards oxidation […]
Palm oil is the world’s most actively traded oil and remains a highly demanded vegetable oil for meeting the need to fulfill the market requirements of oils and fats worldwide. This trend can be witnessed by the steadily increasing supply of palm oil over the past years with intriguing developments in the up-, mid- and […]
Palm oil is one of the 17 major edible oils and fats traded worldwide. It accounts for 30.6% in terms of total production and 57.6% of global exports (Oil World, 2015). The acceptance of palm oil in food applications is not only contributed by its unique characteristics and versatility, but also its consistency in supply […]
Among the 17 oils and fats in the world, palm oil leads in terms of production, trade and consumption. Its global production, export and consumption in 2015 were 62.79 million tonnes or 30.64% of the world production of oils and fats, 47.82 million tonnes or 57.61% of the world’s exports of oils and fats, and 61.22 million tonnes or […]
Skin, as the largest organ of the body, acts as a barrier against the surroundings. It plays an important protective as well as reparative function in the body. When an injury occurs, either acute or chronic, our body automatically sets in motion dynamic and multiple steps of processes at the injured site (Akbik et al., 2014) as illustrated in […]
Crude palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the pulp of the fruit of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Originating in West Africa, oil palm is now commonly found in the Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. By nature, crude palm oil possesses a high concentration of carotenes (500-700 ppm) and tocotrienols (up to 1000 […]
The Malaysian timber industry has developed into a very significant socioeconomic sector, contributing 3.7% to the Growth Domestic Product (GDP) and 3.2% to the country’s total merchandise exports in 2010. Indeed, the furniture business from the wood-based industry continues to expand due to the high demand from the worldwide market, particularly in the Asian region. This is evident from the […]
Fats and oils that have been modified or restructured to incorporate new fatty acids are called structured lipids. Primarily, these fatty acids are either short or medium chain, and are preferentially essential fatty acids. The reasons for changing the fatty acid profile in the new oils are to introduce a new fatty acid into the existing oil, to reduce […]
Vitamin E is found in abundance in vegetable oils, with tocopherols as the main constituent. In the past, tocopherols have been vastly studied whereas there is still a paucity in clinical data where tocotrienols are concerned. Both tocopherols and tocotrienols have similar structures with the presence of a chromanol ring and a side chain. They […]
Direct and indirect analytical methods are the two general approaches in quantifying MCPD esters and glycidyl esters. Direct methods determine the individual MCPD and glycidyl esters while indirect methods determine free MCPD and glycidol that have been liberated from their derivative analogues. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages. The direct methods, obviously, have the advantage […]