The effects of processing using a scraped surface heat exchanger (SSHE) before and after adding unsaturated monoglyceride (UM) on blends of fully hydrogenated soybean oil (FHSO) and soybean oil (SO) were studied. Mixtures of 40:60 and 45:55 FHSO:SO were melted at 80 °C for 30 min and crystallized statically or in the SSHE (shear rate of 25 s(-1)) at a cooling rate of 9 °C/min. Upon shearing and...

Polyphenols are compounds present in foods of plant origin that act as major antioxidants in a balanced diet. Curcumin, a polyphenolic phytochemical has been identified as a potent natural agent by ancient Indian and Chinese systems of medicine. The aim of the present study was to optimise the process for preparation of nanoencapsulated curcumin in different edible vegetable oils and to validat...

The effect of modifying polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and peroxidase (POX) activity during the extraction of virgin olive oil has been assessed in terms of its influence on the phenolic profile of the oil produced. These enzymes were modified by adding exogenous enzyme or specific inhibitors during the milling and subsequent kneading step, studying the effect on specific phenolic compounds in the oi...

Received Jan 1, 2018 Revised Mar 15, 2018 Accepted Mar 29, 2018 Disease in palm oil sector is one of the major concerns because it affects the production and economy losses to Malaysia. Diseases appear as spots on the leaf and if not treated on time, cause the growth of the palm oil tree. This work presents the use of digital image processing technique for classification oil palm leaf disease s...

Six Korea high oil (KHO) corn varieties varying in germ and endosperm size and oil content (4-21%, wet basis) were subjected to three sequential combinations of milling (M), germ separation (S), fermentation (F), and in situ transesterification (T) to produce bioethanol and biodiesel. Production parameters including saccharification, bioethanol yield, biodiesel yield and composition, and conver...

A method of reversed-phase liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS) in combination with a stable isotope dilution assay was used to quantify acrylamide in potato chips. This in-house procedure was evaluated for precision, and accuracy. LC-MS revealed as a cost-effective and robust technique for acrylamide analysis in potato chips. Acrylamide formation was studied during deep...

A gastro retentive controlled release system of loratadine was formulated to increase the residence time in stomach and to modulate the release behaviour of the drug. Oil entrapped floating microbeads prepared by the emulsion gelation method were optimized by 23 factorial design and a polymer ratio of 2.5:1.5 (pectin/sodium alginate) by mass, 15% (m/V) of oil (mineral oil or castor oil) and 0.4...

due to problems in storage, transport and price fluctuation of fresh potato, production of ready-to-use products like french fries is of particular importance.one of the important steps in product processing is pre-drying.sticks with 0.8*0.8*8 cm dimensions were prepared, blanched with hot water at 75°c for 10 minutes and dried at four different air temperatures of 50, 60, 70 and 80°c to moistu...

The aim of this study is to investigate a data mining approach to help assess consequences of oil spills in the maritime environment. The approach under investigation is based on the visual detection of suspected oil droplets in the water column adjacent to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Our method detects particles in the water, classifies them and provides an interface for the visual displa...

crude glycerol (cg) is an abundantly available and cheap by-product from biodiesel production. value-added applications for cg are highly wanted by industry and several processes such as the use of cg for enhanced oil recovery have been proposed. the aim of this study was to evaluate the sulfide production of sulfate-reducing bacteria (srb) indigenous to oil reservoirs using cg as substrate. th...