1999 & Tahun Sebelum

Palm oil is one of the richest natural plant source of carotenes with the concentration from 500-700 ppm. the production of palm oil in 1992 was 6.4 million tonnes an it is projected that Malaysian production will reach over 8 million tonnes by the year 2000. Hence, the potential availability of carotenes in the year … Read more

Palmoilis is an online database service developed and hosted by the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM). Palm oil data, information and knowledge are the strategic resource, the intellectual capital and main product of PORIM. Since its establishment in 1979, many databases and information components have been independently generated at the various R&D laboratories and … Read more

Candles are mainly used in religious ceremonies such as in churches and temples. They are also widely used for decorative purposes in restaurants, festivities and even in food-warmers in restaurants and hotels. traditionally, beeswax and solid fats were used. However, the use of solid fats in candles was always objectionable because pyrolysis of these materials … Read more

The occurrence of an anti-sterility factor which was characterized as a vitamin was first reported in 1992; later in 1925, it was given the designation vitamin E. It is now known that vitamin E compromises two groups of related compunds, known as tocopherols and tocotrienols and that, in nature, there are four homologues in each … Read more

More than 44,000 hectares of oil palm are due for replanting in 1993/1994. This would involve the felling of approximately 6 million palms. In addition to the palm fronds available at replanting, fronds are also obtained from pruning during the harvesting of fresh fruit bunches. In line with its mission, PORIM’s R&D efforts are geared towards … Read more