CHARACTERIZATION OF PALM TREE FRUIT OILS FROM BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA REGION

Authors
MAMBRIM MCT BARRERAARELLANO D
Citation
Mct. Mambrim et D. Barreraarellano, CHARACTERIZATION OF PALM TREE FRUIT OILS FROM BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA REGION, Grasas y aceites, 48(3), 1997, pp. 154-158
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Grasas y aceites → ACNP
ISSN journal
00173495
Volume
48
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
154 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-3495(1997)48:3<154:COPTFO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The physicochemical characteristics, yield and fatty acid composition of pulp oils from bacaba (Oenocarpus distichus) pataua (Jessenia batau a) and tucuma (Astrocaryum vulgare) and kernel fats from tucuma and mu ru-muru (Astrocaryum murumuru), all obtained from palm tree fruits col lected in the brazilian rain forest (Amazonia region), were determined . The pulp oils belong to the oleic group (greater than or equal to 57 % oleic acid) and the kernel fats to the lauric group (greater than or equal to 77% lauric acid).