3. Results and Discussion
Crude palm oil (CPO) consists of triglycerides containing three fatty acids linked by ester linkages to a glycerin moiety. The fatty acids vary in their carbon chain lengths and in the numbers of double bonds. The fatty acid composition of CPO was determined by GC-MS and the results are shown in Table 1. It can be seen that most of the values fall within the ranges published in the literature (Wing-Keong et al., 2003; Choo et al., 2005).