{"id":2802,"date":"2015-12-03T15:36:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coconutresearchcenter.org\/?page_id=2802"},"modified":"2018-10-15T21:37:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T21:37:18","slug":"chemical-properties-of-virgin-coconut-oil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coconutresearchcenter.org\/?page_id=2802","title":{"rendered":"Chemical properties of virgin coconut oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x-section-1\" class=\"x-section\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45 0px 45px 0px;  background-color: transparent;\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; \" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-3-4\" style=\"padding: 0 0 0 0; \" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><h4>Chemical properties of virgin coconut oil.<\/h4>\n<p>Journal of the American Oil Chemists&#8217; Society 2009 Vol. 86 No. 4 pp. 301-307, Marina, A. M.; Man, Y. B. C.; Nazimah, S. A. H.; Amin, I.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A study on the commercial virgin coconut oil (VCO) available in the Malaysian and Indonesian market was conducted. The paper reported the chemical characteristics and fatty acid composition of VCO. There was no significant difference in lauric acid content (46.64-48.03%) among VCO samples. The major triacylglycerols obtained for the oils were LaLaLa, LaLaM, CLaLa, LaMM and CCLa (La, lauric; C, capric; M, myristic). Iodine value ranged from 4.47 to 8.55, indicative of only few unsaturated bond presence. Saponification value ranged from 250.07 to 260.67 mg KOH\/g oil. The low peroxide value (0.21-0.57 mequiv oxygen\/kg) signified its high oxidative stability, while anisidine value ranged from 0.16 to 0.19. Free fatty acid content of 0.15-0.25 was fairly low, showing that VCO samples were of good quality. All chemical compositions were within the limit of Codex standard for edible coconut oil. Total phenolic contents of VCO samples (7.78-29.18 mg GAE\/100 g oil) were significantly higher than refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) coconut oil (6.14 mg GAE\/100 g oil). 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