Extracting Lecithin From Palm Agro-Waste

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD OF EXTRACTING LECITHIN FROM PALM AGRO-WASTE PRODUCED IN A PALM OIL MILL. THE METHOD COMPRISES THE STEPS OF INTRODUCING A PALM AGRO-WASTE SELECTED FROM A GROUP CONSISTING OF SEPARATOR SLUDGE AND DECANTER CAKE AS A STARTING MATERIAL; SUBJECTING THE STARTING MATERIAL T...

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Hauptverfasser: THANG YIN MEE, AHMAD JARIL ASIS, HIRZUN BIN MOHD YUSOF@ HASSAN, MOHD AMIRON BIN ERSAD, NEOH BEE KEAT, DAVID ROSS APPLETON, HARIKRISHNA A/L KULAVEERASINGAM, JUNAIDI BIN AMINUDDIN, MOHD ZAIREY BIN MOHD ZAIN
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Zusammenfassung:THE INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD OF EXTRACTING LECITHIN FROM PALM AGRO-WASTE PRODUCED IN A PALM OIL MILL. THE METHOD COMPRISES THE STEPS OF INTRODUCING A PALM AGRO-WASTE SELECTED FROM A GROUP CONSISTING OF SEPARATOR SLUDGE AND DECANTER CAKE AS A STARTING MATERIAL; SUBJECTING THE STARTING MATERIAL TO A PRE-TREATMENT STEP, FOLLOWED BY EXTRACTION USING A SOLVENT TO GIVE AN EXTRACTED MEAL AND A SOLVENT EXTRACT; SEPARATING THE SOLVENT EXTRACT FROM THE EXTRACTED MEAL; AND REMOVING THE SOLVENT FOLLOWED BY PRECIPITATION TO GIVE A RESIDUE FRACTION COMPRISING LECITHIN HAVING A PHOSPHOLIPIDS CONTENT OF NOT LESS THAN 20%, MORE PREFERABLY, NOT LESS THAN 35%.