Study on the spectrophotometric detection of free fatty acids in palm oil utilizing enzymatic reactions

• Main Authors: Azeman, Nur Hidayah, Yusof, Nor Azah, Abdullah, Jaafar, Yunus, Robiah, Hamidon, Mohd Nizar, Hajian, Reza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51771/1/51771.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51771/; http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/7/12328

In this paper, a comprehensive study has been made on the detection of free fatty acids (FFAs) in palm oil via an optical technique based on enzymatic aminolysis reactions. FFAs in crude palm oil (CPO) were converted into fatty hydroxamic acids (FHAs) in a biphasic lipid/aqueous medium in the presen...