Solvents medium-chain triglycerides

Refined de-oiled lecithin can also be blended with carriers such as cocoa butter, hard butters, medium-chain triglycerides, or other diluents to obtain products with more functionality and different physical characteristics. Up to 40% phospholipids may be incorporated in these carriers without the use of solvents. These products are usually stabilized against autoxidation by the addition of antioxidants (33). De-oiled lecithin should be packaged as soon as possible to prevent moisture... 

The water-insoluble solvents used in commercially available solubilized oral formulations include oleic acid, DL-a-tocopherol (Vitamin E), the long-chain triglycerides peanut oil, corn oil, soybean oil, sesame oil, olive oil, peppermint oil, and castor oil, the medium-chain triglycerides derived from coconut oil and palm seed oil, and the short-chain triglyceride triacetin. 

Schwarz et al. (1992), Cuvelier et al. (1994), and Richheimer et al. (1996) showed that carnosic acid degrades in solvents at ambient conditions, forming camosol, 7-epirosmanol, rosmanol and methyl carnosic acid. Bracco et al. (1981) and Aeschbach et al. (1994) have explored mechanical extraction using medium-chain triglycerides... 

Solvents Polar Water Propylene glycol Glycerol Sorbitol Ethanol Industrial methylated spirit Polyethylene glycols Propylene carbonate Triacetin Nonpolar Isopropyl alcohol Medium chain triglycerides... 

Delios . [Griinau] Medium chain triglycerides solvent for flavcxs and oil-soluble food additives, surface treating agent for dried fruits, confectionery, dietary foodstuffs. 

The first paints were based upon linseed oil (obtained from flax). This is an unsaturated long-chain triglyceride, which, with metal activators, crosslinks via radical pathways to form a continuous film on the substrate. Modern paints use synthetic polymers together with either a solvent or suspending medium (e.g., water), which evaporates leaving the deposited film. Exceptions are powder coatings, which require heat for completion. 

Within the last 30 years, micro emulsions have also become increasingly significant in industry. Besides their application in the enhanced oil recovery (see Section 10.2 in Chapter 10), they are used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals (see Chapter 8), washing processes (see Section 10.3 in Chapter 10), chemical reactions (nano-particle synthesis (see Chapter 6)), polymerisations (see Chapter 7) and catalytic reactions (see Chapter 5). In practical applications, micro emulsions are usually multicomponent mixtures for which formulation rules had to be found (see Chapter 3). Salt solutions and other polar solvents or monomers can be used as hydrophilic component. The hydrophobic component, usually referred to as oil, may be an alkane, a triglyceride, a supercritical fluid, a monomer or a mixture thereof. Industrially used amphiphiles include soaps as well as medium-chained alcohols and amphiphilic polymers, respectively, which serve as co-surfactant. 

Selmi, B., Gontier, E., Ergan, F., and Thomas, D. (1998) Effects of fatty acid chain length and unsaturation number on triglyceride synthesis catalyzed by immobilized lipase in solvent-free medium. Enzyme Microb. Technd., 23, 182-186. 

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