Chain cleavage mechanism of palm kernel oil derived medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) during high temperature decomposition

The use of virgin red palm oil (VRPO) as a food product is very useful because it used as a source of fat and bioactive compounds (carotene, tocopherol, and tocotrienol). Increasing the use of VRPO can be conducted by blending it with lauric oils (coconut oil and palm kernel oil) containing medium-chain triacylglycerol (MCT) to produce a healthy oil. This research was conducted to examine the physicochemical properties of VRPO with coconut oil (CNO) or palm kernel oil (PKO) blends at a weight ratio of 100:0 - 0:100. The results showed that the mixtures of VRPO with CNO or PKO influenced the free fatty acid content, carotene content, fatty acids composition, iodine value, melting point, and solid fat content. Enhancing the amount of CNO or PKO onto VRPO causes the blends to have eutectic behavior (easy to melt). The VRPO: CNO and VRPO: PKO blends, at the ratio of 20:80 and 30:70, respectively, can be used as cooking oil. The VRPO: CNO blends at the ratio of 99:1 – 95:5 can be used for baking shortening while the VRPO: PKO blend at the ratio of 70:30 can be used for table margarine.ABSTRAKPenggunaan minyak sawit merah murni (virgin red palm oil, VRPO) sebagai produk pangan sangat bermanfaat karena VRPO sebagai sumber lemak dan senyawa bioaktif (karoten, tokoferol dan tokotrienol). Peningkatan pemanfaatan VRPO dapat dilakukan dengan memadukannya dengan minyak laurat (minyak kelapa dan minyak inti sawit) yang mengandung medium chain triacylglycerol (MCT) untuk menghasilkan campuran minyak sehat. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengkaji sifat fisikokimia campuran minyak dari VRPO dengan minyak kelapa (coconut oil, CNO) atau minyak inti sawit (palm kernel oil, PKO) pada rasio berat 100:0 - 0:100. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa campuran minyak dari VRPO dengan CNO atau PKO mempengaruhi kadar asam lemak bebas, kadar karoten, komposisi asam lemak, bilangan iodin, titik leleh dan kandungan lemak padat. Peningkatan jumlah CNO atau PKO ke dalam VRPO menyebabkan campuran memiliki perilaku eutektik (mudah mencair). Campuran VRPO dengan CNO dan VRPO dengan PKO, masing-masing pada rasio 20:80 dan 30:70 dapat digunakan sebagai minyak goreng. Campuran VRPO dengan CNO pada rasio 99:1 - 95:5 dapat digunakan sebagai produk shortening untuk roti sementara campuran VRPO dengan PKO pada rasio 70:30 dapat digunakan untuk margarin meja.

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Assessing the effects of medium-chain fatty acids and fat sources on PEDV infectivity

Translational Animal Science ◽

10.1093/tas/txz179 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 1051-1059 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Roger A Cochrane ◽

Steve S Dritz ◽

Jason C Woodworth ◽

Charles R Stark ◽

Marut Saensukjaroenphon ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fatty Acids ◽

Chemical Treatment ◽

Palm Kernel ◽

Coconut Oil ◽

Palm Kernel Oil ◽

Diarrhea Virus ◽

Medium Chain ◽

Medium Chain Fatty Acids ◽

Kernel Oil ◽

Chain Fatty Acids

Abstract: The overall objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) to other common fat sources to minimize the risk of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) cross-contamination in a pig bioassay. Treatments were feed with mitigants inoculated with PEDV after application and were: 1) positive control with no chemical treatment; 2) 0.325% commercially available formaldehyde-based product; 3) 1% blend of 1:1:1 caproic (C6), caprylic (C8), and capric acids (C10) and applied with an aerosolizing nozzle; 4) treatment 3 applied directly into the mixer without an aerosolizing nozzle; 5) 0.66% caproic acid; 6) 0.66% caprylic acid; 7) 0.66% capric acid; 8) 0.66% lauric acid; 9) 1% blend of 1:1 capric and lauric acids; 10) 0.3% commercially available dry C12 product; 11) 1% canola oil; 12) 1% choice white grease; 13) 2% coconut oil; 14) 1% coconut oil; 15) 2% palm kernel oil; 16) 1% palm kernel oil; 17) 1% soy oil and four analysis days (0, 1, 3, and 7 post inoculation) as well as 1 treatment of PEDV-negative feed without chemical treatment. There was a treatment × day interaction (P < 0.002) for detectable PEDV RNA. The magnitude of the increase in Ct value from d 0 to 7 was dependent upon the individual treatments. Feed treated with individual MCFA, 1% MCFA blend, or commercial-based formaldehyde had fewer (P < 0.05) detectable viral particles than all other treatments. Commercial-based formaldehyde, 1% MCFA, 0.66% caproic, 0.66% caprylic, and 0.66% capric acids had no evidence of infectivity 10-d old pig bioassay, while there was no evidence the C12 commercial product or longer chain fat sources inhibited PEDV infectivity. Interestingly, pigs given the coconut oil source with the highest composition of caprylic and capric only showed signs of infectivity on the last day of bioassay. These data suggest some MCFA have potential for reducing post feed manufacture PEDV contamination.

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Medium chain-length fatty acids in lipids of developing oil palm kernel endosperm

Phytochemistry ◽

10.1016/0031-9422(95)00194-c ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 39 (6) ◽

pp. 1325-1327 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Eva Wiberg ◽

Maureen Bafor

Keyword(s):

Fatty Acids ◽

Chain Length ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Palm Kernel ◽

Medium Chain ◽

Medium Chain Length

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Kinetics Studies of Epoxidation and Oxirane Cleavage-Epoxidized Palm Kernel Oil

Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering (Formerly Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering) ◽

10.2174/2405520413666200117091235 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 232-240

Author(s):

Mohd Jumain Jalil ◽

Aliff Farhan Mohd Yamin ◽

Mohd Saufi Md Zaini ◽

Veronique Gloria V. Siduru ◽

Norhashimah Morad ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fatty Acids ◽

Reference Material ◽

Palm Kernel ◽

High Yield ◽

Simulation Data ◽

Kinetic Rate ◽

Palm Kernel Oil ◽

Kinetics Studies ◽

Kernel Oil ◽

Oxirane Cleavage

Background: Studies pertaining to the epoxidation of fatty acids, garnered much interest in recent years due to the rising demand of eco-friendly epoxides derived from vegetable oils. Methods: Epoxide is an important chemical precursor for the production of alcohols, glycols and polymers, like polyesters and epoxy resin. Epoxidation is the name given to the reaction when the double bonds are converted into epoxide. Results: Temperature at 55oC was used as a reference material in the epoxide process, as it produces a high yield epoxide being 88%. The kinetic rate of epoxidized palm kernel oil, k was obtained to be k11= 0.5125, k12= 0.05045, k21= 0.03185, k41= 0.01 and k51= 0.01243. Conclusion: Hence, by fitting the result with the experimental work and simulation, the summation of error being stimulated by I-sight simulation was 0.731116428 and the correlation between the experimental and simulation data was 0.925544.

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Production of biolubricant samples from palm kernel oil using different chemical modification approaches

Engineering Reports ◽

10.1002/eng2.12422 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Samuel O. Egbuna ◽

Ukeh J. Nwachukwu ◽

Chinedu M. Agu ◽

Christain O. Asadu ◽

Bernard Okolo

Keyword(s):

Chemical Modification ◽

Palm Kernel ◽

Palm Kernel Oil ◽

Kernel Oil

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Transcriptome Changes in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 during Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthesis Induced by Nitrogen Limitation

International Journal of Molecular Sciences ◽

10.3390/ijms22010152 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 152

Author(s):

Dorota Dabrowska ◽

Justyna Mozejko-Ciesielska ◽

Tomasz Pokój ◽

Slawomir Ciesielski

Keyword(s):

Chain Length ◽

Nitrogen Limitation ◽

Stringent Response ◽

Wild Type ◽

Pseudomonas Putida Kt2440 ◽

Medium Chain ◽

Environmental Stimuli ◽

Medium Chain Length ◽

In The Wild

Pseudomonas putida’s versatility and metabolic flexibility make it an ideal biotechnological platform for producing valuable chemicals, such as medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs), which are considered the next generation bioplastics. This bacterium responds to environmental stimuli by rearranging its metabolism to improve its fitness and increase its chances of survival in harsh environments. Mcl-PHAs play an important role in central metabolism, serving as a reservoir of carbon and energy. Due to the complexity of mcl-PHAs’ metabolism, the manner in which P. putida changes its transcriptome to favor mcl-PHA synthesis in response to environmental stimuli remains unclear. Therefore, our objective was to investigate how the P. putida KT2440 wild type and mutants adjust their transcriptomes to synthesize mcl-PHAs in response to nitrogen limitation when supplied with sodium gluconate as an external carbon source. We found that, under nitrogen limitation, mcl-PHA accumulation is significantly lower in the mutant deficient in the stringent response than in the wild type or the rpoN mutant. Transcriptome analysis revealed that, under N-limiting conditions, 24 genes were downregulated and 21 were upregulated that were common to all three strains. Additionally, potential regulators of these genes were identified: the global anaerobic regulator (Anr, consisting of FnrA, Fnrb, and FnrC), NorR, NasT, the sigma54-dependent transcriptional regulator, and the dual component NtrB/NtrC regulator all appear to play important roles in transcriptome rearrangement under N-limiting conditions. The role of these regulators in mcl-PHA synthesis is discussed.

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