Supplementation with Red Palm Oil Increasesβ-Carotene and Vitamin A Blood Levels in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Sommerburg, Olaf; Spirt, Silke De; Mattern, Annett; Joachim, Cornelia; Langhans, Claus-Dieter; Nesaretnam, Kalanithi; Siems, Werner; Stahl, Wilhelm; Mall, Marcus

doi:10.1155/2015/817127

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“…A popular local rice stew of the Igbos, known as ofe akwu (palm fruit stew), is even palm fruit-based, as suggested by the name of this native delicacy. In nutrition terms, palm oil is known to have high contents of αand β-carotene and Vitamins A and E with numerous health benefits (Nagendran et al, 2000;Sommerburg et al, 2015). Palm kernel oil, which too contains Vitamin E and is known be rather free of cholesterol, also offers numerous health benefits.…”

Section: Socio-cultural and Traditional Values Of The Oil Palm In Soumentioning

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The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq): nature’s ecological endowment to eastern Nigeria

Okolo¹,

Okolo²,

Nnadi³

et al. 2019

Agro-Sci.

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The paper highlights oil palm as a multipurpose tree crop symbolizing nature's endowment to the people of South East, Nigeria, and presents available evidence that the center of origin for the palm is within the area. The structure of the natural habitat of the oil palmthe groves, from where several genetic collections have been made for the improvement of the crop worldwideis described. The oil palm is viewed as closely interwoven with the people providing their requirements in terms of food, medicine and materials for infrastructural development. In a wider context, the ecological, socio-economic, and socio-cultural and traditional values of the palm are discussed. The history of efforts to exploit the potentials of the crop through domestication and genetic improvement is given. Because the potential of oil palm is yet exhausted, the action plan for further development in the natural habitat and plantations is also given, highlighting the prospects of increased oil palm production as well as some of the constraints on the way to realising this all-important project. The paper identifies areas needing action research towards the sustainable development of oil palm. Among other suggestions in this direction, the paper recommends the creation of a center of excellence in oil palm studies within the South East, Nigeria to expand the scientific exploitation of the natural groves and encourage plantation establishment for the benefit of not only the people whose God-given gift is now a highly valuable crop in the world, but the entire country and even beyond.

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Section: Socio-cultural and Traditional Values Of The Oil Palm In Soumentioning

confidence: 99%

The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq): nature’s ecological endowment to eastern Nigeria

Okolo¹,

Okolo²,

Nnadi³

et al. 2019

Agro-Sci.

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“…Content of β-carotene. RPO is an alternative source rich in β-carotene, α-carotene and tocopherols in which are believed to have beneficial health effects, one of which acts as an antioxidant and is an important singlet-oxygen-scavenger in the human body (Sommerburg et al 2015). Making cake products using RPO is intended to meet the need of beta-carotene.…”

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Development of High Antioxidant Red Palm Oil Cake as a Potential Functional Food

Harianti¹,

Marliyati²,

Rimbawan³

et al. 2018

jgizipangan

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This study aimed to develop high antioxidant cake product with red palm oil (RPO) content to substitute the use of margarine as a potential functional food. This study used a complete randomized design with four levels of RPO substitution for margarine, namely F0 (0:100), F1 (80:20), F2 (90:10), and F3 (100:0). Organoleptic results showed that high antioxidant cake F3 was best in which also contained the highest RPO addition level. The high antioxidant cake F3 had yellow colour, hardness of 650.67 gf, bulk density of 0.27 g/ml, 4.31% moisture, 1.48% ash, 21.66% fat, 9.76% protein, 62.80% carbohydrate, 40.74 ppm/100 g β-carotene, and the 470.44 mg/100 g antioxidant activity. Thus the product can be categorized as high in β-carotene. Therefore, this product has a potential to be a functional food options, especially for atherosclerosis prevention.

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“…Because of its exceptionally high PVA carotenoid content, RPO has been proposed as a foodbased intervention to prevent VAD and tested for this purpose in various small-scale human feeding studies. [52][53][54] While palm oil may be at the center of the 3-MCPD controversy, care should be taken not to neglect the economical, sustainable source of healthful nutrients innate to palm oil. The best quality RPO is processed using molecular distillation processes, and the levels of 3-MCPD and glycidyl esters are almost nonexistent in such products.…”

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Palm oil and threats to a critically important food source

Clemens

Hayes

Sundram

et al. 2017

Toxicology Research and Application

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The oil palm, an ancient tropical tree species that originated in West Africa, has a history of centuries-long use both as a food and a medicine. Based on its higher saturated fatty acid composition, primarily palmitic acid, concerns have been flagged about its nutritional attributes. Elevation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol effects of the associated palmitic acid is far less profound than animal sources of this fatty acid and is linked with multiple health benefits. Recently, the European Food Safety Authority raised issues about potential health risks of the chloropropanols, heat-or acid-induced food contaminants created during the refining of all edible oils, and some hydrolyzed proteins. Despite the fact that the levels of 3-monochloropropane1,2 diol and its glycidyl esters are generally <800 ppb and without demonstrated toxicological effects in humans, the chloropropanols in palm oil appear to be a lightning rod for global criticism. The toxicological data are reviewed and evaluated, and an approach for mitigation of the emerging challenge is suggested.

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Supplementation with Red Palm Oil Increasesβ-Carotene and Vitamin A Blood Levels in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Cited by 15 publications

References 32 publications

The oil palm (<i>Elaeis guineensis</i> Jacq): nature’s ecological endowment to eastern Nigeria

The oil palm (<i>Elaeis guineensis</i> Jacq): nature’s ecological endowment to eastern Nigeria

Development of High Antioxidant Red Palm Oil Cake as a Potential Functional Food

Palm oil and threats to a critically important food source

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