Production of Halal pheromone for perfumes from Salacca zalacca (salak) fruit

• Main Authors: Rahman, Md. Mokhlesur, Raja Hussin, Tengku Mohammad Ariff, A.Latif, Ahmad Zubaidi, Mat So'ad, Siti Zaiton, Siddiqui, Jamshed, Awang, Mohamed, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Wan Nik, Wan Sani, Hilmi, Nur Nadhirah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/75160/7/PECIPTA-2019-poster.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/75160/8/pecipta%202019%20certificate.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/75160/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Salacca zalacca (salak fruit) is a species of palm tree native to South west Java and North Sumatra in Indonesia. It has a reddish-brown scaly skin with pleasant pineapple, pear, and banana-like aromas combined. Due to its pleasant aroma, S .zalacca has potential in the halal perfumery and pharmaceu...