olein
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Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 7 H 1 0 4 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
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the oily or lower-melting fractions of a fat as distinguished from the solid or higher-melting constituents.
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Etymology
Origin of olein
1830–40; < French oléine, equivalent to olé- (< Latin oleum oil ) + -ine -in 2
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Moreover, a letter sent by the agriculture ministry to provincial governors this week and reviewed by Reuters had specified the ban would only be for RBD palm olein.
From Reuters • Apr. 29, 2022
Demonstrating Indonesia’s determination to enforce the ban, its navy on Thursday said it had seized two tankers carrying crude palm oil, palm olein and methanol for paperwork discrepancies the day before the measure took effect.
From Reuters • Apr. 28, 2022
The announcement flipped the minister's statement a day earlier, in which he had said the export ban would only cover refined, bleached, and deodorized palm olein.
From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2022
The authorities will strictly monitor domestic supply of refined palm oil and crude palm oil, which are used as raw materials to make RBD olein, according to presentation slides.
From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2022
Pure olein, supposing none of the liberated acid to be dissolved in water, would yield 95.7 per cent. of fatty acid.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 by Various
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