Characterization of palm tree fruit oils from brazilian Amazonia region.

Autor: M. C. Mambrin, D. Barrera Arellano
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Grasas y Aceites, Vol 48, Iss 3, Pp 154-158 (1997)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0017-3495
1988-4214
DOI: 10.3989/gya.1997.v48.i3.783
Popis: The physicochemical characteristics, yield and fatty acid composition of pulp oils from bacaba (Oenocarpus distichus) pataua (Jessenia batana) and tucuma (Astrocaryum vulgare) and kernel fats from tucuma and muru-muru (Astrocaryum murumuru), all obtained from palm tree fruits collected in the brazilian rain forest (Amazonia region), were determined. The pulp oils belong to the oleic group (> 57% oleic acid) and the kernel fats to the lauric group (> 77% lauric acid).
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