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EVALUATION OF YIELD, PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF OIL EXTRACTED FROM DIFFERENT SIZE OF KERNEL OF OIL PALM (Elaeis guineensis) FRUITS GROWN IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 18 - 23)

Physicochemical characteristics and fatty acid composition of the oil extracted from different size of oil palm kernel were evaluated in this study. Three different size of kernel of oil palm fruits were subjected to determine the oil content (%), their physicochemical properties and fatty acid composition. It was observed that the palm kernel oil grown under the climatic condition of Bangladesh varied with some physicochemical properties depending on the size of seed. The variation in iodine value were 20.1, 17.2 and 16.5 in small, medium and large kernels respectively indicated that there is a correlation between the size of kernel and iodine value of the oil. On the other hand, the fatty acid composition of the oils extracted from three different sizes of kernel also found slight variation in Lauric acid and the values were 46.212, 44.332 and 44.023 in small medium and large respectively. Saturated and unsaturated fatty acids present in the oil were separated and their ratios were found to be varied from 88.2 : 11.8, 89.5 : 10.5 and 89.1 : 10.9 in small medium and large respectively depending on the sizes. The amount of tocols also determined and the values were not significantly different in small, medium and large kernel. The results from the study demonstrated that the small palm kernel oil (SPKO) exhibited good physicochemical properties and could be more suitable for preparing bakery and confectionary food products as well as industrial application than those of medium palm kernel oil (MPKO) and large palm kernel oil (LPKO).Download