C. Lenfant et Fc. Thyrion, EXTRACTION OF CAROTENOIDS FROM PALM OIL .1. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL-PROPERTIES OF BETA-CAROTENE, OCL. Oleagineux corps gras lipides, 3(3), 1996, pp. 220-226
Carotenoids extraction techniques from crude palm oil and palm oil by-
products as reported in numerous papers and patents over the last 45 y
ears have been reviewed. After a brief description of palm oil charact
eristics and beta-carotene biological functions, the physical and chem
ical properties of beta-carotene are reported in order to explain, on
a physical basis, the various possibilites of isolation which will be
studied in the second part.