Month: February 2020

The *Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectrofluorimeter (LIFmeter) is designed to detect chlorophyll content in both crude and refined vegetable oils. It exhibits a very high sensitivity compared to the conventional spectrophotometer method. Operation is as simple as filling a cuvette chamber and pressing the measure button. Main Research: Tan Yew Ai

One of the most promising micronutrients recommended for optimum health has been sent into a tailspin by recent media and scientific reports. We have become rather familiar with eye-catching captions, such as ‘beta-carotene ineffective in forestalling cancer’ and ‘beta-carotenic ineffective in forestalling cancer’ and ‘beta-carotene takes a collective beating’. To those who have been following … Read more

Gone are the days when we were practically afraid to talk about the nutritional properties of palm oil. The fear then was not so much our reservation about its nutritional attributes but rather the lack of published references available in the world biomedical databases. This was significantly corrected by PORIM’s concerted efforts in propadating well-defined … Read more

Palm olein is the liquid fraction obtained from the fractionation of palm oil. A second fractionation of palm olein yields a product of higher iodine value (IV) and is called double-fractionated palm olein. Single fractionated palm oein may also be of high IV and thus oleins of IV greater than 56 are also known as … Read more

The most crucial components of soap are C12-C18 fatty acids which contribute to detergency, cleansing power and foamability of the final product. Palm oil kernel oil are the major sources for C16-C18 and C12-C14 fatty acids respectively. A combination of palm oil and palm kernel oil in appropriate proportions is necessary to produce a good … Read more