Journal of Oil Palm Research Vol. 1 No. 1 1989 June, p. 69-77
ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF WAX ESTERS IN PALM OIL MILL FINAL EFFLUENT DISCHARGE
ABSTRACT
Thin layer chromatography of an extract of palm oil mill final effluent discharge revealed that the major components present are quite similar to those of crude palm oil. A band which had been previously reported and which contributed about 6% (w/w) of the extract was found to consist of long-chain wax esters ranging from molecular weight m/z 396 to m/z 508. Hexadecyl laurate and hexadecyl myristate were found to be the two major constituents; together they accounted for about 45% of the total was esters detected.
KEYWORDS:*Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) PO Box 10620, 50721 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia