Vitamin E and Beta Carotene Composition in Four Different Vegetable Oils | Science Publications

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Ab. G.M. Top¹  Eqbal Dauqan¹  Halimah Muhamad¹  Aminah Abdullah¹  Halimah A. Sani¹ 

关键词: Vegetable oils;    Corn Oil (CO);    Red Palm Olein (RPO);    beta carotene;    high performan liquid chromatography (HPLC);    Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS);    antioxidant nutrients;    tocopherol;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajassp.2011.407.412

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

Problem statement: Some vegetable oils contains natural antioxidants such as betacarotene and vitamin E namely tocopherol and tocotrienol. Different vegetable oils contained differentamount of vitamin E and β-carotene. Approach: Study was carried out to investigate the naturalantioxidants (vitamin E and beta carotene) composition in four different vegetable oils [Red PalmOlein (RPO), palm plein (PO), Corn Oil (CO) and Coconut Oil (COC)]. Results: The results showedthat RPO contained the highest amount of vitamin E and β-carotene compared to the other three typesof vegetable oils studied. Conclusion: The RPO can be considered as a good source of naturalantioxidant (tocopherol, tocotrienol and β-carotene).

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