Oleum coconut

Authors:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer, Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Calappus Oil; Coconut butter; Coconut oil; oleum cocois

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Oleum Cocos is a white to yellowish, slightly rancid smelling vegetable fat obtained from the flesh of the nuts of the coconut palm. It has a total fat content of 60-70%. A distinction is made between naive coconut oil and refined (pressed at a higher temperature) Cocois oleum raffinatum, which is monographed in Ph. Eur.8.

The naïve coconut oil contains 45% lauric acid, 20% myristic acid, 9% caprylic acid, 10% capric acid, 7% palmitic acid, 5% stearic acid.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Authors: Prof. Dr. med. Peter AltmeyerProf. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles