Table 2.

Composition (%) of carotenes in palm oil and palm fiber oil [52,53].

Types of carotenes	Palm oil	Fiber oil
Phytoene	1.27	11.87
Cis-β-Carotene	0.68
Phytofluene	0.06	0.40
β-Carotene	56.02	30.95
α-Carotene	35.16	19.45
Cis-α-Carotene	2.49	1.17
ζ-Carotene	0.69	7.56
γ-Carotene	0.33	2.70
δ-Carotene	0.83	6.94
Neurosporene	0.29	3.38
β-Zeacarotene	0.74	0.37
α-Zeacarotene	0.23	Trace
Lycopene	1.30	14.13