U. Archana ¹, S. Premakumari ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore-641 043, IN

Abstract

Rice bran oil derived from the outer layer of rice caryopsis is considered to be an important edible oil due to the presence of high percentage of unsaturated fatty acids and certain nutritionally and medicinally important minor constituents such as tocopherols, tocotrienols and oryzonol. Among the commonly used vegetable oils, sesame oil is known to be the most resistant to oxidative rancidity.

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P. V. Nandini ¹, U. Archana ¹

Affiliations
1 College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 522, IN

Abstract

Oil palm is a high potency crop and the future world demand for edible oil depends greatly on the growth of oil palm plantations, it is the second largest source of vegetable oil in the world. Red Palm Oil (RPO) is unique in its physico-chemical properties that characterize it as an edible oil.

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