KRISTALISASI PELARUT SUHU RENDAH PADA PEMBUATAN KONSENTRAT VITAMIN E DARI DISTILAT ASAM LEMAK MINYAK SAWIT: KAJIAN JENIS PELARUT
ABSTRACT: Palm Fatti Acid
Distillate (PFAD) is one source of natural vitamin E enrich with
tocotrienol. This research aimed to
aplly low temperature solvent crystallyzation in vitamin E concentrate
preparation from PFAD. The advantage of
this method is simple and low temperature use.
The crystallized PFAD fraction was unsaponifiable fraction from
saponification process. The elucidated
factor was solvent type. The result
showed that PFASD contained vitamin E comprised of
tocopherol and , , tocotrienol and the
major component was fatty acids. The
saponification process decreased free fatty acid content and increased vitamin
E concentration. The solvent type
affected the characteristic of vitamin E concentrate including the
concentration of vitamin E, antioxidant activity, free fatty acids content, and
yield. The most suitable solvent was
hexane due to its non polar characteristic.
Keywords: low temperature
crystallization, vitamin E concentrate, palm fatty acid distillate
Penulis: Kgs. Ahmadi
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd100006
