Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Khalifa University, P. O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Bioprocess Biosyst Eng. 2021 Sep;44(9):1807-1818. doi: 10.1007/s00449-021-02577-9. Epub 2021 May 19.
Virgin coconut oil is a useful substance in our daily life. It contains a high percentage of lauric acid which has many health benefits. The current industry has developed several methods to extract the oil out from the coconut fruit. This review paper aims to highlight several common extraction processes used in modern industries that includes cold extraction, hot extraction, low-pressure extraction, chilling, freezing and thawing method, fermentation, centrifugation, enzymatic extraction and supercritical fluid carbon dioxide. Different extraction methods will produce coconut oil with different yields and purities of lauric acid, thus having different uses and applications. Challenges that are faced by the industries in extracting the coconut oil using different methods of extraction are important to be explored so that advancement in the oil extraction technology can be done for efficient downstream processing. This study is vital as it provides insights that could enhance the production of coconut oil.
椰子油是我们日常生活中的有用物质。它含有高比例的月桂酸，具有许多健康益处。目前的行业已经开发出几种从椰子果实中提取油的方法。本文旨在重点介绍现代工业中几种常用的提取方法，包括冷提取、热提取、低压提取、冷却、冷冻和解冻法、发酵、离心、酶提取和超临界二氧化碳流体。不同的提取方法会产生不同产率和不同纯度的月桂酸的椰子油，因此具有不同的用途和应用。探索行业在使用不同提取方法提取椰子油时所面临的挑战是很重要的，这样才能为高效的下游加工进行油提取技术的改进。这项研究至关重要，因为它提供了可以提高椰子油产量的见解。
