Table 2.

Physicochemical properties of the Soxhlet extracted coconut oil^e.

Physicochemical property	Commercial oil	Soxhlet oil
Specific gravity	0.92 ± 0.01a	0.90 ± 0.01a
Lovibond color (Y + 5R)	5.17 ± 0.28a	5.67 ± 0.29a
Viscosity at 23 ± 2°C (Pa·s)	0.04 ± 0.02c	0.03 ± 0.01b
FFA (% oleic acid)	0.08 ± 0.02b	0.09 ± 0.02b
Peroxide value (PV) (meq./kg oil)	2.89 ± 0.30c	4.64 ± 0.44d
Para-anisidine value (p-AV)	1.95 ± 0.31a	2.88 ± 0.34b
TOTOX value (2 PV + p-AV)	7.73 ± 0.78c	12.16 ± 1.23d

^eResults are mean ± SD of three independent experiments.

^a,b,c,dDifferent letters in a row indicate significant difference at P < 0.05.

FFA, free fatty acids.