Carotenoid Profiles and Preliminary Investigation on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Mesocarp

The oil palm fruit is one of the richest sources of carotenoids. However, little is known about the pathway for carotenoid synthesis in the oil palm. Therefore, the aim of this study is to provide some basic information on carotenoid synthesis in the oil palm mesocarp. In order to do so, we neede...

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Main Author:	Jane, Sonai Kaur
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2002
Subjects:	Carotenoids Oil palm
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11237/1/FPSK_M_2002_4.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.112372024-06-12T08:50:33Z Carotenoid Profiles and Preliminary Investigation on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Mesocarp 2002-03 Jane, Sonai Kaur The oil palm fruit is one of the richest sources of carotenoids. However, little is known about the pathway for carotenoid synthesis in the oil palm. Therefore, the aim of this study is to provide some basic information on carotenoid synthesis in the oil palm mesocarp. In order to do so, we needed to firstly extract carotenoids from the oil palm mesocarp. A technique for extracting carotenoids from the oil palm meso carp was optimised. Cold saponification was used to remove unwanted lipid materials from the crude carotenoid extract. Ultra violet-Visible (UV -Vis) spectrophotometry was utilized to compare the absorbance profiles of the carotenoid extracts of oil palm fruits at different stages of development i.e 15-20 weeks after anthesis (W AA). The results showed that in unripe oil palm fruit, carotenoids absorb strongly in the UV range while in ripe fruit the carotenoids absorb strongly in the visible range as more carotenoids are formed. Reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) coupled with a photo-diode array (PDA) detector was used in this study for characterizing the carotenoid profiles of Carotenoids Oil palm 2002-03 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11237/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11237/1/FPSK_M_2002_4.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Carotenoids Oil palm Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Ong, King Kok English
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description	The oil palm fruit is one of the richest sources of carotenoids. However, little is known about the pathway for carotenoid synthesis in the oil palm. Therefore, the aim of this study is to provide some basic information on carotenoid synthesis in the oil palm mesocarp. In order to do so, we needed to firstly extract carotenoids from the oil palm mesocarp. A technique for extracting carotenoids from the oil palm meso carp was optimised. Cold saponification was used to remove unwanted lipid materials from the crude carotenoid extract. Ultra violet-Visible (UV -Vis) spectrophotometry was utilized to compare the absorbance profiles of the carotenoid extracts of oil palm fruits at different stages of development i.e 15-20 weeks after anthesis (W AA). The results showed that in unripe oil palm fruit, carotenoids absorb strongly in the UV range while in ripe fruit the carotenoids absorb strongly in the visible range as more carotenoids are formed. Reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) coupled with a photo-diode array (PDA) detector was used in this study for characterizing the carotenoid profiles of
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Jane, Sonai Kaur
author_facet	Jane, Sonai Kaur
author_sort	Jane, Sonai Kaur
title	Carotenoid Profiles and Preliminary Investigation on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Mesocarp
title_short	Carotenoid Profiles and Preliminary Investigation on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Mesocarp
title_full	Carotenoid Profiles and Preliminary Investigation on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Mesocarp
title_fullStr	Carotenoid Profiles and Preliminary Investigation on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Mesocarp
title_full_unstemmed	Carotenoid Profiles and Preliminary Investigation on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Mesocarp
title_sort	carotenoid profiles and preliminary investigation on carotenoid biosynthesis in the oil palm (elaeis guineensis) mesocarp
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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publishDate	2002
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11237/1/FPSK_M_2002_4.pdf
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Carotenoid Profiles and Preliminary Investigation on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Mesocarp

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