This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary coconut oil as a medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA) source on performance, carcass composition and serum lipids in male broilers. A total of 540, one-day-old, male Arbor Acres broilers were randomly allotted to 1 of 5 treatments with each treatment being applied to 6 replicates of 18 chicks. The basal diet (i.e., R0) was based on corn a...

Coconut water (Cocos Nucifera) is shown to be a source of essential elements present in the form low-molecular weight stable complexes known for their bio-availability. The total element concentrations were range 0.2–2.7, 0.3–1, 3–14 and 0.5–2 ppm Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, respectively, varied as function origin nut its maturity. Speciation was investigated by size-exclusion chromatography - inductively ...

A long-standing debate about the existence of coconut in Panama in pre-Columbian times has recently been revived and its presence, as well as the ability of the first Spanish explorers to correctly identify coconut, has been questioned. Baudouin et al. (pp. 1–5) consult original sources and confirm that the Spanish chronicler Oviedo (1478–1557) effectively distinguished coconuts from other simi...

This study evaluates the performance of a polymeric microfiltration membrane, as well as its combination with a coconut granular activated carbon (GAC) pretreatment, in a gravitational filtration module, to improve the quality of water destined to human consumption. The proposed membrane and adsorbent were thoroughly characterized using instrumental techniques, such as contact angle, Brunauer-E...