Physicochemical properties of virgin coconut oil extracted from different processing methods

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 837-845

  Mansor, T S T ^a   Che Man, Y B ^a   Shuhaimi, M ^a   Abdul Afiq, M J ^a   Ku Nurul, F K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fa; Tag; Tocopherol analysis; Virgin coconut oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864801441     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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