Recovery of palm phytonutrients as a potential market for the by-products generated by palm oil mills and refineries‒A review

Palm oil has been used for centuries as a food source and medicine. The palm oil production chain generates large amounts of byproducts, which contain various residual oils. These residual oils can be used to develop new products because they contain high concentrations of vitamin E, carotenoids, and squalene, which are powerful antioxidants that have been shown to protect cell membranes against damage caused by free radicals and reactive oxygen...