Engkabang fat esters for cosmeceutical formulation

SSA Gani, M Basri, MBA Rahman, A Kassim…

Index: Gani, Siti Salwa Abd; Basri, Mahiran; Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul; Kassim, Anuar; Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha Raja Abd; Salleh, Abu Bakar; Ismail, Zahariah Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 2011 , vol. 14, # 2 p. 227 - 233

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Abstract

Abstract Engkabang fat esters were synthesized from engkabang fat using an enzyme as catalyst. The main composition of the fat esters were oleyl palmitate, oleyl stearate and oleyl oleate. The percentage yield was 93.67%. Ternary phase diagrams systems containing fat esters/surfactant/water were constructed. Several regions appeared in the ternary phase diagrams such as isotropic, homogenous, liquid crystal, two-phase and three-phase ...