Isolation and characterization of the oil bodies and oleosin of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)

• Main Authors: Rodelas, Abigail Joy D., Regalado, Ellen S., Bela-Ong, Dennis B., Garcia, Roberta N., Laurena, Antonio C., Mendoza, Evelyn Mae Tecson
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Coconut oil—Analysis
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11556
• Institution: De La Salle University

Oil bodies were isolated from the solid endosperm of 11–12 month old coconut and purified by sucrose density gradient washing, urea washing and floatation centrifugation. Under light microscope, purified oil bodies showed two types of small and large oil bodies: about 90% with diameter of 0.5–4.0 μ...