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Name:
Coconut Oil
Refined fatty oil obtained from dried, solid part of the
endosperm of Cocos nucifera L.
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Narikela taila, Trnaraja taila
Assamese: Khopra tel
Bengali: Narikel tel
English: Coconut Palm oil
Guajarati: Naliar tel, Nariyel tel, Shriphal tel, Koprun tel
Hindi: Nariyal tel, Gola tel
Kannada: Khobbari tailam, Tengnamara tailam, Temgu tailam,
Thengu tailam
Malayalam: Nalikeram tailam, Ten tailam, Thengu tailam,
Keram tailam
Marathi: Naral tel
Oriya: Nariyal tel
Punjabi: Narela tel, Khopra tel, Garigola tel
Tamil: Tenkai tailam, Kopparai tailam
Telugu: Narikelamu tailam, Tenkay tailam, Kobbari tailam
Urdu: Narjil tayl, Narial tayl
Description:
Nariyal taila is white or pearl-white fat, or colourless to
light yellow oily liquid, with an odour of coconut and a
bland taste, obtained by expression from the kernels of the
coconut. It is freely soluble in methylene chloride and in
light petroleum (bp: 65-70°C), very slightly soluble in
ethanol (96 %), practically insoluble in water
Identification:
Melting point 200 to 260
Therapeutic uses:
• Purgative
• Refrigerant
• Antacid |
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