This review aimed to discuss the main bioactive compounds present in oils extracted from palm trees, indicating possible applications for the same. The bioactive compounds approached were: phenolic compounds, carotenoids, tocopherols, mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids. It is growing the search for food, especially from plant origin, characterized by the presence of such substances due to the...

Chloroform (CHCl3) is used in industry and laboratory settings as a solvent for adhesives, pesticides, fats, oils and rubbers. It is also used as a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of fluorocarbon 22, dyes, pesticides, and tribromomethane. Chloroform is produced as a byproduct of water, sewage, and wood pulp chlorination (HSDB, 1995). In 1996, the latest year tabulated, the statewide mean...

Cooking was a breakthrough for mankind that improved the flavor digestibility and quality of food. Heat treatment is an operation widely used in food processing. As heat-processed foods are much appreciated, analytical studies that can assess the changes caused by heating have been demanded from researchers (LAMBELET et al., 2003). Some foods like fats and oils, when heated, suffer thermal oxid...

Nowadays, the utilization of raw materials derived from renewable feedstock is in the spotlight of the chemical industry, as vegetable oils are one of the most important platform chemicals due to their universal availability, inherent biodegradability and low price. Taking into account that polyurethanes are one of the most important industrial products exhibiting versatile properties suitable ...

Vegetable oil market is becoming of increasing interest in the global biofuel industry. This phenomenon has also interested European Union (EU), where growing expansion production affected by political interventions promoting fuel security and environmental goals. Yet, empirical evidence on impacts that changes price one commodity may have supply another are rather scant. We investigate these d...

The lubricating properties of vegetable oil are well known. However, with the advent of petroleum oils, castor oil and other vegetable oils fell out of favor. The quality of petroleum oils has improved significantly in the last few years with the introduction of Group III base oils. However, even Group III oils fall short of the inherent lubricity of vegetable oils. Analogous to advances in pet...

Free radical scavenging and tyrosinase inhibition activity of thirteen aromatic oils from Thai medicinal plants were investigated. A stable free radical DPPH (1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryhydrazyl) was used in the free radical scavenging assay and mushroom tyrosinase enzyme was used in the tyrosinase inhibition test. The two assays were performed in 96-well plates and the absorbance measured by a well ...

Recently there has been an increasing interest in the classification of edible oils as an effective means to examine authenticity and to detect possible adulteration of virgin olive oils with seed oils or low-quality olive oils. Classical methods based on gas chromatography (GC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) are too expensive for widespread industrial use and require samples...

Present study mainly aims at exploring the various factors that influences consumer buying behavior and purchase decision and to identify the various promotional activities used by the sellers in order to motivate the consumer buying behavior and purchase decision. This study consists of Indian cosmetic industry. It is one of the fastest growing industries in India. Cosmetics are mixtures of su...