Quantitation and occurrence of hydroxy fatty acids in fats and oils

Autor: Daniel P. Schwartz, Aly H. Rady
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society. 69:170-173
ISSN: 1558-9331
0003-021X
DOI: 10.1007/bf02540570
Popis: A relatively simple method is detailed for the routine quantitation and isolation of hydroxy fatty acids (HFA) in the glycerides of lipids. The lipid in cyclohexane is transmethylated in a two-phase, 3.5 min procedure, and the hydroxyl compounds in the methyl ester fraction are derivatized with pyruvic acid chloride 2,6-dinitrophenyl-hydrazone in the presence of triethylenediamine. The derivatives are fractionated on alumina, and the HFA fraction is evaluated spectrophotometrically. A large variety of animal, plant and marine lipids contain HFA in concentrations ranging from 1000 μmoles/g lipid. The derivatives lend themselves admirably to purification techniques. A procedure for regenerating the parent HFA from the derivative is described.
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