BACKGROUND The stereospecific structures of the triacylglycerol molecules in human milk differ from that of cow's milk and vegetable oils, which are the fat sources used in infant formula. In human milk, palmitic acid (16:0) is predominantly esterified in the sn2 position, whereas vegetable oils or cow's milk fat contain most of their 16:0 in the outer positions of the triacylglycerol molecules...

Increasing environmental pollution concerns and diminishing petroleum reserves has brought in attention towards the use of non edible vegetable oils as an alternative to petroleum oil based lubricants. Non edible vegetable oil plant contains high amount of oil in its seeds which can be converted into biolubricant. Biolubricant is a renewable lubricant that is biodegradable, non toxic and has a ...

Oil palm is expected to make a significant contribution to the predicted two-fold increase in demand for vegetable oils over the next forty years. Given the current expansion of the oil palm, there is much debate on the sustainability of oil palm due to deforestation and habitat destruction that is occurring in Indonesia, raising serious concerns regarding the sustainability of this cultivation...

The Malaysian Dietary Guidelines (MDG) with eight key messages were first published in 1999. An updated version consisting of 14 key messages is being developed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the understanding of five key messages of the updated MDG among adults aged 18-59 years in Kuala Lumpur. A total of 773 adults comprising 330 Malays, 364 Chinese and 79 Indians were included ...

The trans fatty acids produced by partially hydrogenating vegetable oils may cause colorectal neoplasia by interfering with cell membrane function or eicosanoid synthesis. This possibility provides a rationale for looking at the relation between colorectal adenomatous polyps and consumption of foods containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (PHVOs). A total of 516 cases and 551 controls ...

The increasing consumption of energy with the depletion of crude oil reserves urges the usage of alternative fuel. Since there is an existing demand for edible vegetable oils, waste vegetable oils and non-edible crude vegetable oils are preferred as potential low priced biodiesel sources. In this present work the utilization of a commonlyavailable bioenergy crop in the Western Ghats region,Crot...

INTRODUCTION Vegetable oils undergo appreciable deterioration during processing and storage. The residual free fatty acid (FFA) concentration of vegetable oils is a function of the processing and storage conditions. Vegetable oils spoilage, usually defined as rancidity, is the result of fatty acid moity has been recognized as the point of attack in peroxide formation Peroxide-forming reactions ...

Self-sustaining treatment for active remediation (STAR) is an innovative soil remediation approach based on smoldering combustion that has been demonstrated to effectively destroy complex hydrocarbon nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) with minimal energy input. This is the first study to explore the smoldering remediation of sand contaminated by a volatile NAPL (trichloroethylene, TCE) and the fi...