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A high performance liquid chromatography method for determination of furfural in crude palm oil

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Title
A high performance liquid chromatography method for determination of furfural in crude palm oil
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Food Chemistry, January 2011
DOI 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.12.108
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Chia Chun Loi, Huey Chern Boo, Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed, Abdul Azis Ariffin

Abstract

A modified steam distillation method was developed to extract furfural from crude palm oil (CPO). The collected distillates were analysed using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with an ultraviolet diode detector at 284nm. The HPLC method allowed identification and quantification of furfural in CPO. The unique thermal extraction of CPO whereby the fresh fruit bunches (FFB) are first subjected to steam treatment, distinguishes itself from other solvent-extracted or cold-pressed vegetable oils. The presence of furfural was also determined in the fresh palm oil from FFB (without undergoing the normal extraction process), palm olein, palm stearin, olive oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, soya oil and corn oil. The chromatograms of the extracts were compared to that of standard furfural. Furfural was only detected in CPO. The CPO consignments obtained from four mills were shown to contain 7.54 to 20.60mg/kg furfural.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Malaysia 1 1%
Peru 1 1%
Unknown 82 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 19 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 13%
Student > Bachelor 10 12%
Researcher 8 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Other 12 14%
Unknown 19 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 21 25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 19%
Engineering 12 14%
Chemical Engineering 3 4%
Materials Science 2 2%
Other 6 7%
Unknown 24 29%