a School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, 11800 Penang, Malaysia b Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia c Faculty of Pharmacy, International Islamic University, Kuantan Campus, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang D/M, Malaysia d School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang 11...

In this issue of the Journal there are 2 studies that tested the cholesterol-raising effects of palmitic acid–rich palmolein and that reach apparently different conclusions. Tholstrup et al (1) found in 32 participants that palm oil elevated LDL cholesterol significantly by 0.22 mmol/L (P , 0.001) compared with olive oil, whereas Voon et al (2) found the difference between palm oil and olive oi...

There is emerging evidence to show that high levels of NEFA contribute to endothelial dysfunction and impaired insulin sensitivity. However, the impact of NEFA composition remains unclear. A total of ten healthy men consumed test drinks containing 50 g of palm stearin (rich in SFA) or high-oleic sunflower oil (rich in MUFA) on separate occasions; a third day included no fat as a control. The fa...

the rapid expansion in world production of palm oil over the last three decades has attracted the attention of the oils and fats industry. oil palm gives the highest yield of oil per unit of any crop. palm oil is the major oil produced, with annual world production in excess of 50 million tonnes. throughout the world, 90% of palm oil is used for edible purposes (e.g., margarine, deep fat frying...

Personal identification is one of the most important requirements in all e-commerce and criminal detection applications. In this framework, a novel palm print representation method, namely orthogonal line ordinal features, is proposed. The palm print registration, feature extraction, palm print verification and palm print recognition modules are designed to manage the palm prints and the palm p...