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| Research progress on quality characteristics and health benefit of virgin coconut oil |
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| KeyWord:VCO quality characteristics medium chain triglycerides health benefit |
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| Author Name | Affiliation | | ZHANG Jianguo1, LI Rui2, SONG Chenye3, SONG Fei1, WANG Hui1, XIA Qiuyu2 | 1.Engineering and Technology Research Center for Coconut Deep Processing of Hainan Province, Coconut Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Wenchang 571339, Hainan, China
2.College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, Guangdong, China
3.Coconut Palm Group Co. , Ltd. , Haikou 570000, China |
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| Virgin coconut oil (VCO) is a functional edible oil which receives much concern recently years. As the VCO market has grown, there have been more and more reports about the health benefits of VCO, but there are some controversies around these reports. In order to correctly understand coconut oil and promote the popularization and application of VCO in the field of great health, the processing technology, sensory characteristics, quality indexes, fatty acid composition and and trace active ingredients of VCO were introduced. The functional properties such as antioxidant, antibacterial and antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and the research progress of VCO in the prevention and treatment of some diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, Alzheimer′s disease, obesity and tumor diseases were reviewed. VCO is a functional oil with certain health benefits. |
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