Materials and methodology
Coconut waste was collected from a premise that produces
coconut milk at Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Analytical Grade n-hexane
and petroleum ether were purchased from Merck (Malaysia),
respectively.
2.1. Extraction of oil
The extraction process was conducted using soxhlet and batch
extractors. The soxhlet and batch extractors’ setup includes
100 ml laboratory soxhlet and a 250 ml jacketed glass reactor. Mix