Medium chain Triglycerides

Medium chain Triglycerides [MCT] are mixed triglyceride of saturated fatty acids with a chain length of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, mainly C8[ caprylic There are two ways by which MCT oil can be obtained one by the recombination of refined fatty acids coming from coconut oil with glycerine, or directly by molecular distillation of virgin coconut oil.
MCT oils has vast application in cosmetics, Aerosols, Creams, Lotions, Ointment. It functions as a skin conditioning agent -occlusive, since it slows the loss of water from the skin by forming a barrier on the skin’s surface. Being a full saturated oil used in much more application because of the stability

Coconut oil is industrially extracted from the meat of matured coconut.
  • Most commercial grade coconut oils are made from copra [4] copra. the dried coconut meat, can be made by smoke drying or sun drying.
  • Copra can then be pressed by continuous expeller pressing.
  • The oil is expeller is a mechanical screw press in which the oil is expelled from the copra by the pressure exerted by a continuous rotating warm shaft in the barrel or cage of the press.
  • Hydraulic presses are also used in the large installations.
  • virgin coconut oil can be obtained by treating the non- dried meat by simple pressing procedures
  • Oil is then separated from water, without shear, chemicals, refining, typical separation methods encompass fermentation and centrifugation.
  • virgin coconut oil is a colourless liquid, has a characteristic coconut flavour and finds several applications in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic fields.
  • lauric acid is the major component, followed by myristic acid, palmitic acid, caprylic acid and capric acid
Fatty acids obtained by various process by splitting of coconut oil are distilled and can be separated in to various fractions or individual cuts, as follows
  • Caprylic and capric acid the low molecular weight fraction comprises around 50% C8 and 35% C10 fatty acid fraction, with small amounts of c6 and a12
  • Topped coconut fatty acids the C12- C18 fraction remaining after removing the C8-10 fraction.
  • Lauric and myristic acid the medium chain fatty acid fraction comprising approximately 65%C12and 25%C14 fatty acid fraction s with traces of C10 and C16 fatty acid fractions
  • Lauric acid a pure C12 fatty acid cut with a purity of 95% with traces of C10and C14 fatty acid
  • Myristic acid a C14 fatty acid cut with a purity of 95% minimum and traces of C12 and C16 fatty acid fractions

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