Extraction And Solubility Studies Of Virgin Coconut Oil From Coconut (Cocos Nucifera) Flesh Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
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Date
2011-01
Authors
Setianto, Wahyu Bahari
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Coconut (Cocos nucifera) oil which is extracted from fresh coconut flesh is
known as virgin coconut oil (VCO). The oil is a natural source of medium chain
tryglycerides (MCTs) which has been well known as healthy oil. It is remarkable that
very few reports on the extraction of the VCO using SC-CO2 have been published
hitherto the fundamental insights on the SC-CO2 extraction processes of the coconut
oil are much lacking. The objectives of this work are evaluating the parameters
effects of VCO extraction using SC-CO2 and examination of the oil solubility in SCCO2.
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Virgin Coconut Oil , (Cocos Nucifera) Flesh Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide