Health Effects of Palm Oil

Mukherjee, Sutapa; Mitra, Analava

doi:10.1080/09709274.2009.11906182

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“…Dietary PO, when replacing a major part of the normal fat content in a Dutch diet, may slightly reduce the lipoprotein-and apolipoprotein-associated cardiovascular risk profiles [19]. Consumption of PO as a source of dietary fat did not pose any additional risks for coronary artery disease [2]. There are some controversies about the effect of milk fat on serum lipid and liver status in rats.…”

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Palm kernel oil increases the risk of coronary heart disease in rats compared with ghee

Khairy¹,

Morsi²,

Galal³

et al. 2014

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“…The PO and PKO are high in saturated fatty acids, about 50% and 80% respectively. The PO contains palmitic acid; while PKO contains mainly lauric acid [2]. Several studies on animals and human indicated that PO could increase both cholesterol levels and the atherogenic risks.…”

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Palm kernel oil increases the risk of coronary heart disease in rats compared with ghee

Khairy¹,

Morsi²,

Galal³

et al. 2014

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“…Palm oil contains minor components such as carotenoids, vitamin E (tocopherol and tocotrienols), phytosterols, squalene, and phenolic compounds (Mukherjee and Mitra, 2009;Loganathan et al, 2009;Che et al, 2014). Deodorization stage on palm oil refining process is aimed to remove undesirable odor and free fatty acid, which also produces palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) as a by-product.…”

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Protective Effect of Food Products Enriched with Unsaponifiable Matter from Palm Fatty Acid Distillate on the Aorta of Hypercholesterolemic Rats

2017

J App Pharm Sci

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Palm oil refining process produced palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) as a by-product in deodorization stage. Saponification of PFAD produced unsaponifiable matter (USM) which was rich in vitamin E mainly tocotrienols, phytosterols, and squalene. This study evaluated the therapeutic effect of food products (instant noodle, bread, and biscuit) enriched with bioactive compounds from USM on the aorta of hypercholesterolemic rats. Rats were fed with atherogenic diet for 14 days to have blood total cholesterol ≥200 mg/dl. Rats then were fed according to each treatment group for 8 weeks. Total cholesterol, HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol, and LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol were analyzed at the end of experiment. Rats were then sacrificed and aorta abdominal was collected for histopathological study. The result showed total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol of rats fed by USM enriched food products were lower than that of corresponding products. Also, the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL and LDL cholesterol to HDL were better. Rats fed with USM enriched food products had a better aortic histopathological image than rats fed with nonenriched food products. Rats fed with USM enriched foods had less severe morphological lesions of the aortic wall with less foam cells in tunica intimae, less fat deposits in tunica media, elongated nuclei and organized myofibrils. This study indicated bioactive compounds in food products enriched with USM of PFAD offered good therapeutic effect against atherosclerosis development of hypercholesterolemic rats. USM enriched biscuit revealed the best therapeutic effect.

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“…Other than SFA, palm oil also contains about 10% linoleic acid, which is an unsaturated omega-6 fatty acid. Linoleic acid is one of the two essential fatty acids that is needed for maintaining health in our body as it is used in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins and cell membranes (Mukherjee and Mitra, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%