Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Biofuels and biolubricants are renewable and biodegradable. These vegetable-based fuels and lubricants have been thoroughly studied in Europe, Asia and America for their fuel and lubrication properties. So far, the biofuels have been found suitable as a diesel substitute. However, engines running on biofuels show some drawbacks in creating performance criteria such as power output […]
A total of 12 analyses were carried out on sludge palm oil (SPO) to determine the most suitable parameters for characterizing this oil. The parameters usually employed for characterizing palm oil are free fatty acid (FFA) content, slip melting point, moisture and impurity content, iodine value (IV) and colour. All these parameters were found to […]
An acute moisturizing efficacy study was conducted by using MPOB’s palm-based cosmetic products namely Palmianis lotion with vitamin E, goat’s milk lotion and Whitening Lotion 1. A total of 13 volunteers were involved in the study. The skin hydration was measured several times at different intervals (30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 min) after a […]
In the new millennium, as Malaysia marches on to achieve its Vision 2020 of being a developed nation, the oil palm industry is playing its part by modernizing itself. As with all businesses, adoption of advanced technologies, that contribute to greater efficiency and higher productivity, will provide the producers with the competitive edge over those […]
Oil palm is an important crop to Malaysia because of its huge hectarage (3.3 million hectares) and because of its significant contribution to the foreign exchange earning to the country. However, localized losses attributable to a number of pests can be substantial if high pest populations or outbreaks occur persistently. Intensive integrated pest management (IPM) […]
Material safety data sheets (MSDS) are documents designed to provide both users and workers with the proper procedures for handling or working with those materials. Generally, it has been presumed that these documents are only relevant to substances that are considered rather dangerous. However, there were recently some requests for MSDS of palm oil and […]
Conventionally the analytical techniques used to analyse the quality parameters of oils and fats are by wet chemical methods that involve titration. Normally these chemical techniques require large amount of chemicals and reagents which may be unfriendly to the environment and hazardous to health. To overcome the problem, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is considered the […]
In today’s market economy, especially with the advancement of information technology (IT) and information and communication technology (ICT), new developments in technology are transmitted fast. However, the technology is normally adopted when the benefits exceed costs. In demonstrating that such advances are for the benefit of sustaining the oil palm industry, new knowledge is constantly […]