Genome mining for production of nutritionally rich palm oil

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Siti Nor Akmar, Babura, Sulaiman Rufai, Kong, Sze Ling, Munusamy, Umaiyal, Marjuni, Marhalil, Amiruddin, Mohd Din
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Plantation Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58833/1/20171231212428Invited_Speaker_8.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58833/; http://spel2.upm.edu.my/webupm/upload/dokumen/penerbitan/20171231212428Invited_Speaker_8.pdf

The vitamin E in palm oil contains high proportion of tocotrienol (70% tocotrienols and 30% tocopherols) while most other vegetable oils contain only tocopherols. Both tocopherols and tocotrienols are strong chain-breaking antioxidants. The interest in tocotrienols escalated when the other medicinal...