Virgin coconut oil as antioxidant and treatment on metabolic disorders: a short review

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, Maizatul Akma, Ghazali, Nor Farahiyah, Mustafa, Farah Farisha, Tengku Muhammad, Tengku Sifzizul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kuliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QK Botany; R Medicine (General); RS Pharmacy and materia medica; RS403 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Chemistry; RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/87550/7/87550_Virgin%20coconut%20oil%20as%20antioxidant%20and%20treatment%20on%20metabolic%20disorders.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87550/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS

Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is among the most nutritious plant and has been used extensively as food and for various industrial purposes since thousand years ago. The coconut oil is remarkable for its nutritional value as it contains high nutrients, vitamins and minerals that are beneficial for human h...