Development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview

Hydroxyl fatty acids and their derivatives are of high value due to their wide range of industrial application, including cosmetic, food, personal care and pharmaceutical products. Realizing the importance of hydroxyl fatty acids, and yet due to the absence of the conventional starting raw materials...

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Main Authors: Koay, Gregory Feng Ling, Chuah, Teong Guan, Zainal Abidin@Murad, Sumaiya, Ahmad, Salmiah, Choong, Thomas Shean Yaw
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Language:English
Published: Japan Oil Chemists' Society 2011
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23055/1/Development%2C%20characterization%20and%20commercial%20application%20of%20palm%20based%20dihydroxystearic%20acid%20and%20its%20derivatives%20an%20overview.pdf
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author Koay, Gregory Feng Ling
Chuah, Teong Guan
Zainal Abidin@Murad, Sumaiya
Ahmad, Salmiah
Choong, Thomas Shean Yaw
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Zainal Abidin@Murad, Sumaiya
Ahmad, Salmiah
Choong, Thomas Shean Yaw
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description Hydroxyl fatty acids and their derivatives are of high value due to their wide range of industrial application, including cosmetic, food, personal care and pharmaceutical products. Realizing the importance of hydroxyl fatty acids, and yet due to the absence of the conventional starting raw materials, Malaysia has developed 9,10-dihydroxystearic acid (9,10-DHSA) and its derivatives from locally abundant palm based oils. The aim of this article is to provide a general description of the works that have thus far being done on palm based 9,10-DHSA: starting from its conception and production from commercial grade palm based crude oleic acid via epoxidation and hydrolysis, purification through solvent crystallization and characterization through wet and analytical chemistry, moving on to developmental works done on producing its derivatives through blending, esterification, amidation and polymerization, and completing with applications of 9,10-DHSA and its derivatives, e.g. DHSA-stearates and DHSA-estolides, in commercial products such as soaps, deodorant sticks and shampoos. This article incorporates some of the patent filed technological knowhow on 9,10-DHSA and its derivatives, and will also point out some of the shortcomings in previously published documents and provide some recommendations for future research works in mitigating these shortcomings.
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spelling upm-230552015-11-30T06:46:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23055/ Development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview Koay, Gregory Feng Ling Chuah, Teong Guan Zainal Abidin@Murad, Sumaiya Ahmad, Salmiah Choong, Thomas Shean Yaw Hydroxyl fatty acids and their derivatives are of high value due to their wide range of industrial application, including cosmetic, food, personal care and pharmaceutical products. Realizing the importance of hydroxyl fatty acids, and yet due to the absence of the conventional starting raw materials, Malaysia has developed 9,10-dihydroxystearic acid (9,10-DHSA) and its derivatives from locally abundant palm based oils. The aim of this article is to provide a general description of the works that have thus far being done on palm based 9,10-DHSA: starting from its conception and production from commercial grade palm based crude oleic acid via epoxidation and hydrolysis, purification through solvent crystallization and characterization through wet and analytical chemistry, moving on to developmental works done on producing its derivatives through blending, esterification, amidation and polymerization, and completing with applications of 9,10-DHSA and its derivatives, e.g. DHSA-stearates and DHSA-estolides, in commercial products such as soaps, deodorant sticks and shampoos. This article incorporates some of the patent filed technological knowhow on 9,10-DHSA and its derivatives, and will also point out some of the shortcomings in previously published documents and provide some recommendations for future research works in mitigating these shortcomings. Japan Oil Chemists' Society 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23055/1/Development%2C%20characterization%20and%20commercial%20application%20of%20palm%20based%20dihydroxystearic%20acid%20and%20its%20derivatives%20an%20overview.pdf Koay, Gregory Feng Ling and Chuah, Teong Guan and Zainal Abidin@Murad, Sumaiya and Ahmad, Salmiah and Choong, Thomas Shean Yaw (2011) Development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview. Journal of Oleo Science, 60 (5). pp. 237-265. ISSN 1345-8957; ESSN: 1347-3352 10.5650/jos.60.237
spellingShingle Koay, Gregory Feng Ling
Chuah, Teong Guan
Zainal Abidin@Murad, Sumaiya
Ahmad, Salmiah
Choong, Thomas Shean Yaw
Development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview
title Development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview
title_full Development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview
title_fullStr Development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview
title_full_unstemmed Development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview
title_short Development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview
title_sort development, characterization and commercial application of palm based dihydroxystearic acid and its derivatives: an overview
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23055/
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