A study on the use of water as a medium for the thermal inactivation of endogenous lipase in oil of palm fruit

• Main Authors: Shehu, Umar Etsu, Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan, Mohd Nor, Mohd Zuhair, Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari, Mat Nawi, Nazmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38232/1/38232.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38232/; https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/20/3981
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The heat treatment of oil palm fruit using saturated steam (413 K) in conventional oil palm processing has been reported to be ineffective in terms of heat distribution and penetration into the fruit bunch inner layer; hence, there is a desire to explore other alternative processes. In this study, o...