Carotene Extraction from Crude Palm Oil Using Synthetic Absorbents
Crude, palm oil (CPO) has the highest content of carotenoids (500-700 ppm), a precursor of vitamin A. The only commercially viable method, so far, is transesterification followed by phase separation. However, the edible oil used as raw material has to be converted to methyl ester, therefore dest...
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2000
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8419/1/FSMB_2000_7_IR.pdf |