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Coconut oil from Cocos nucifera

CP

Synonym(s):

Coconut fat, Copra oil

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CAS Number:
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352211

grade

CP

form

solid

availability

available only in Japan

mp

23-27 °C

storage temp.

room temp

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

>235.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

> 113 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Ask the doctor. Would you please comment on the current craze for coconut oil? I now have friends who, based on ads and popular books, are taking coconut oil several times a day.
Anthony L Komaroff
Harvard health letter, 37(12), 2-2 (2012-12-19)
Xuezhi Ding et al.
Tropical animal health and production, 44(7), 1541-1545 (2012-03-01)
The objective was to evaluate the effect of dietary coconut oil on methane (CH(4)) emissions and the microbial community in Tibetan sheep. Twelve animals were assigned to receive either a control diet (oaten hay) or a mixture diet containing concentrate
C Reveneau et al.
Journal of dairy science, 95(4), 2061-2069 (2012-03-31)
Feeding animal-vegetable (AV) fat or medium-chain fatty acids (FA) to dairy cows can decrease ruminal protozoal counts. However, combining moderate to large amounts of AV fat with monensin (tradename: Rumensin, R) could increase the risk for milk fat depression (MFD)
Can coconut oil replace caprylidene for Alzheimer disease?
Larissa DeDea
JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 25(8), 19-19 (2012-08-30)
M Hollmann et al.
Journal of dairy science, 95(5), 2602-2615 (2012-05-01)
To determine if dietary medium-chain fatty acids (FA; C(8) to C(14)) may mitigate enteric methane emissions, 24 cows were blocked by body size (n=2) and randomly assigned to 1 sequence of dietary treatments. Diets were fed for 35 d each

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