Separating tocotrienols from palm oil by molecular distillation

Food Reviews International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 376-391

  Liu, Donghong ^a   Shi, John ^b   Posada, Luidy Rodriguez ^c   Kakuda, Yukio ^c   Xue, Sophia Jun ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Free fatty acids; Molecular distillation; Palm oil; Separation; Tocotrienols; Volatility

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; FREE FATTY ACID; MOLECULAR DISTILLATION; NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES; PALM FATTY ACID DISTILLATE; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; TOCOTRIENOLS; VOLATILITY;

DECOMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; FATTY ACIDS; LIQUIDS; ODOR CONTROL; SEPARATION; VAPORS;

PALM OIL;

EID: 51849165604     PISSN: 87559129     EISSN: 15256103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87559120802303840     Document Type: Article

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