Coconut meal, the residual product after extraction of oil from the dried flesh of the coconut, is available in many parts of the world. In large areas of the tropics it is the only locally produced ingredient of feeding-stuffs that contains moderate amounts of protein (18-25 yo of the dry matter). The results of research on the nutritive value of this product are, however, disappointing, and t...

Diet has a strong relationship with food culture and changes in it are likely to be involved in the pathogenesis of newly emergent degenerative diseases. To obtain in-depth opinions about the food culture of Minangkabau people, focus group discussions were conducted in a Minangkabau region, represented by four villages in West Sumatra, Indonesia, from January to March 1999. The members of the d...

An attempt has been made to show the difference in the penetrability of coconut oil and mineral oil in human hair. We have used secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) in combination with a time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer. Characteristic ions formed by the pure components when bombarded with gallium ions have been identified with their m/z values. The distribution of the ion, characterist...

Phase change materials (PCMs) have been used in various fields including the materials of buildings. In this research, mixed shape-stabilized PCMs (Mixed SSPCMs) were prepared by impregnating coconut oil and n-hexadecane into exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets (xGnP) through a vacuum impregnate method. Coconut oil is fatty acid ester PCM which is relatively economical in comparison to other PCMs...

Abstract Coconut plant ( Cocos nucifera ) is one of the potential industrial plants and has an important role both in terms nutrition economy Indonesia. The number coconut Indonesia used by community, which as a raw material for making milk. milk obtained from extract old flesh that been grated, either with addition or without water, this white liquid emulsion oil water. contains 230 kilocalori...

The main problem in brackish water treatment is the high salinity level. Activated carbon known to have a good ability clean treatment, so this study uses activated as medium. There been several previous studies reduce and chloride water, research using was able remove produce but reduction still did not that met expected quality standards of water. Therefore, study, decreasing will use coconut...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Genetic Fidelity Testing Using SSR Marker Assay Confirms Trueness to Type of Micropropagated Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) Plantlets Derived from Unfertilized Ovaries H.D.D. Bandupriya, W.W.M.A. Iroshini, S A C N Perera, V.R.M. Vidhanaarachchi, S.C. Fernando, E.S. Santha and T.R. Gunathilake Tissue Culture Division, Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka Department of Ex...

Several low cost biomaterials such as rice husk, sugar cane bagasse, Tulsi Leaf &branches, coconut shell & coir and fly ash were tested for removal of chromium. All the experiments were carried out in batch process. The adsorbent, which had highest chromium (VI) removal, was coconut shell. An influence of chromium concentration, contact time on removal of chromium from effluent was investigated...