Physicochemical and Phytochemical Analyses of Copra and Oil of Cocos nucifera L. (West Coast Tall Variety)

Table 2

Physicochemical properties of the Soxhlet extracted coconut oil^e.

Physicochemical property	Commercial oil	Soxhlet oil
Specific gravity	0.92 ± 0.01^a	0.90 ± 0.01^a
Lovibond color (Y + R)	5.17 ± 0.28^a	5.67 ± 0.29^a
Viscosity at 23 ± 2°C (Pa·s)	0.04 ± 0.02^c	0.03 ± 0.01^b
FFA (% oleic acid)	0.08 ± 0.02^b	0.09 ± 0.02^b
Peroxide value (PV) (meq./kg oil)	2.89 ± 0.30^c	4.64 ± 0.44^d
Para-anisidine value (p-AV)	1.95 ± 0.31^a	2.88 ± 0.34^b
TOTOX value (2 PV + p-AV)	7.73 ± 0.78^c	12.16 ± 1.23^d

Results are mean ± SD of three independent experiments.
^a,b,c,dDifferent letters in a row indicate significant difference at < 0.05.
FFA, free fatty acids.