ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2015
Biological and Nutritional Properties of Palm Oil and Palmitic Acid: Effects on Health.
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147 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 530 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cold pressed oils: a systematic review on physicochemical properties, nutritional composition and pharmacological activities.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Dietary Recommendations for Ethiopians on the Basis of Priority Diet-Related Diseases and Causes of Death in Ethiopia: An Umbrella Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Safety and Neuroprotective Efficacy of Palm Oil and Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction from Palm Oil: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- The Effects of Palm Oil on Plasma and Serum Lipid Parameters: A Systematic Review on Animal Intervention Studies.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Pooled it
- Adherence of Malaysian Adults' Energy and Macronutrient Intakes to National Recommendations: A Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2018Pooled it
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- Palmitic acid in cancer research: mechanistic insights from in vitro and in vivo studies.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Review
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- Virgin coconut oil: A comprehensive review of its health impacts and functional food applications.Food chemistry: X · 2026Review
- GC-MS-based metabolome classification of sturgeon caviar and fish roe samples reveals unique caviar signatures, interspecies and gender variabilities.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Time-of-Day Defines the Risk of Thermally Abused Frying Oil to Renal Injury by Modulating the Diurnal Dynamics of Oxylipins.Exploration (Beijing, China) · 2026Article
- Microalgae as a sustainable alternative to palm oil: fatty acid profiles under photoautotrophic and heterotrophic growth.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Characterization of a Collection of Natural Oleogenic Yeasts to Identify Promising Producers of Food Oil Analogues.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Palmitic acid intake in children on gluten-free and generalized diets before and after palm oil reformulation: nutritional and metabolic implications.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Beyond the role of the reproductive caste of chicatana ants (Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Natural diversity in fatty acid composition and nutritional quality of African oil palm germplasm reveals opportunities for nutritional trait breeding.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Reprograms Cancer Metabolism to Form a Metastatic Niche Promoting Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastasis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
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Abstract
A growing body of evidence highlights the close association between nutrition and human health. Fat is an essential macronutrient, and vegetable oils, such as palm oil, are widely used in the food industry and highly represented in the human diet. Palmitic acid, a saturated fatty acid, is the principal constituent of refined palm oil. In the last few decades, controversial studies have reported potential unhealthy effects of palm oil due to the high palmitic acid content. In this review we provide a concise and comprehensive update on the functional role of palm oil and palmitic acid in the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The atherogenic potential of palmitic acid and its stereospecific position in triacylglycerols are also discussed.
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