Composition and thermal characteristics of madhuca longifolia seed fat and its solid and liquid fractions

• Main Authors: Marikkar, Mohammed Nazrim, Ghazali, H. M., Long, K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Oil Chemists' Society 2010
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/45784/1/PAPER-Print_version.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/45784/; http://www.jocs.jp/index-e.html

This study attempted to characterize seed fat from Madhuca longifolia known as Mee fat and its solid and liquid fractions with the objective of distinguishing them. A sample of Mee fat was partitioned into solid and liquid fractions using acetone as the solvent medium. The isolated fractions were co...