Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) is a popular herb in cooking, traditional healing, and aromatherapy. The essential oils of R. officinalis were obtained from plants growing in Victoria (Australia), Alabama (USA), Western Cape (South Africa), Kenya, Nepal, and Yemen. Chemical compositions of the rosemary oils were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry as well as chiral gas chromat...

BACKGROUND There is convincing evidence that replacing dietary saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats (PUFA) decreases risk of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, PUFA rich foods such as vegetable oils, fatty fish, and marine omega-3 supplements are recommended. However, PUFA are easily oxidizable and there is concern about possible negative health effects from intake of oxidized lipids. Litt...

BACKGROUND Lipase-catalyzed biotransformation of acylglycerides or fatty acids into biodiesel via immobilized enzymes or whole cell catalysts has been considered as one of the most promising methods to produce renewable and environmentally friendly alternative liquid fuels, thus being extensively studied so far. In all previously pursued approaches, however, lipase enzymes are prepared in an in...

The exhaustion of natural resources has increased petroleum prices and the environmental impact of oil has stimulated the search for an alternative source of energy such as biodiesel. Waste cooking oil is a potential replacement for vegetable oils in the production of biodiesel. Biodiesel is synthesized by direct transesterification of vegetable oils, which is controlled by several inputs or pr...

Medicated oils prepared using process as mentioned in Ayurveda are used for external and internal administrations to treat various disorders. Taila pak vidhi provides detailed description of such processes. Medicated oils are prepared by prolonged cooking of sesame oil with pasty mass of herbs and decoction of herbs in presence of large quantity of water. We report preliminary findings of physi...

Repeated heating of vegetable oils at high temperatures during cooking is a very common cooking practice. Repeated heating of edible oils can generate a number of compounds, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), some of which have been reported to have carcinogenic potential. Consumption of these repeatedly heated oils can pose a serious health hazard. The objectives of the present ...

The Chinese style of cuisine requires steaming, boiling, or using oil to pan fry or deep fry. If the cuisine is prepared by stir-fry, the cooking oil in the fry pan is ordinarily heated in advance to approximately 300°C. A variety of chemical reactions occur while the temperature of the cooking oil in the pan is being elevated and the cooking materials are finally loaded into the hot pan. Chemi...

Measurement of cooking-associated air pollution indoors is an integral part exposure monitoring and human health risk assessment. There a need for easy to use, fast, economical detection systems quantify the various emissions from different sources in home. Addressing this challenge, colorimetric sensor array (CSA) reported as new method characterize volatile organic compounds produced cooking,...

In Malaysia, a recognition system to identify the hazardous substance in used cooking oil is still at very minimal stage. The presents of HNE in reused cooking oil increases the health concern in our modern community and assessment of the oil quality had received much attention, since such assessment is useful in determining the discarding point of the oils. This paper primarily present the res...