Introduction Fatty acids and monoglycerides are two groups of lipid compounds that can be produced from vegetable oils or animal fats. Vegetable oil is a triglyceride compound, also known as triacylglycerol or glycerol triester, with the acyl group that comes from a fatty acid. The type of vegetable oil is determined by the kind of fatty acid that is bound to triglycerides. Triglycerides of vegetable oils comprises of certain major fatty acids with some other minor fatty acids. For example, the coconut oil Cocos nucifera L. , the castor oil Ricinus communis L. , the olive oil, the sunflower oil, the palm oil contains 54 lauric acid 1 , 93 ricinoleic acid 2 , oleic acids 3 , oleic and linoleic acid 4 and palmitic acid 5 , respectively. Some types of fatty acids such as EPA and DHA have essential functions in health such as reducing coronary heart disease risk factors, preventing certain cancers and im