Growth Promoting Substances and Mineral Elements in Desiccated Coconut Mills (DC) Coconut Water

An Improved Method of Isolating Salmonellae from Contaminated Desiccated Coconut.

A report is given on results obtained in the examination of desiccated coconut from Ceylon and the Philippines using two or three media in parallel, the aim being to investigate the efficacy of the enrichment medium introduced by Rappaport, Konforti, and Navon (1956). Although the claims of Rappaport et al. related only to examination of faeces the Rappaport enrichment medium has been found to ...

Growth and Production of Coconut

Differences in chemical components and antioxidant-related substances in virgin coconut oil from coconut hybrids and their parents

Chumphon Horticultural Research Centre (CHRC) is Thailand’s main coconut research unit. CHRC has developed three coconut cultivars: Sawi Hybrid No. 1 (Malayan Yellow Dwarf x West African Tall: MYD x WAT), Chumphon Hybrid No. 60 (Thai Tall: THT x WAT) and Chumphon Hybrid No. 2 (MYD x THT). This study compared some chemical components in virgin coconut oil (VCO) from coconut hybrids with their pa...

Coconut water processing using ultrafiltration and pasteurization

Green coconut water is traditionally consumed fresh, directed from the fruit at production regions. In order to allow its consumption in other regions, its industrialization demands a conservation process able to maintain its physic-chemical and sensory characteristics. Pasteurization is the main technique used for beverage preservation and microbiological safety. On the other side, membrane te...

The intravenous use of coconut water.

Medical resources routinely used for intravenous hydration and resuscitation of critically ill patients may be limited in remote regions of the world. When faced with these shortages, physicians have had to improvise with the available resources, or simply do without. We report the successful use of coconut water as a short-term intravenous hydration fluid for a Solomon Island patient, a labora...