Physicochemical characteristics of oil from coroba (Jessenia polycarpa Karst) mesocarp.

Mature fruits of coroba (Jessenia polycarpa Karst), a wild palm from Cedeño municipality (Bolívar estate, Venezuela), harvested on July 1999, were washed, scalded, decorticated and then the mesocarp was separated. It was dried (70 ºC by 12 h), grounded and extraction process with n-hexane was applic...

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Main Authors: Rafael Alemán, Douglas R. Belén C, Maigualidad Zorrilla, Lisandro Bastardo, Francisco Alvarez, Mario J. Moreno Alvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2002-12-01
Series:Grasas y Aceites
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Online Access:http://grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es/index.php/grasasyaceites/article/view/336