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Mono- and diglycerides, as well as commercial monoglyceride emulsifiers, were analyzed by capillary supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). Carbon dioxide without modifier was used as the mobile phase in the chromatography. Samples were prepared by simply being dissolved in solvents or by propionyl ester derivatization. A capillary SFC methyl silicone column (SB-methyl 100, 100 μm X 10 m, 0.5 μm film thickness, Lee Scientific) was used for the separation, and a flame ionization detector was used for the detection. A calibration standard containing known concentrations of monomyristln, monopalmitin, monostearin, dimyristin, dlpalmitin, and distearin were used for the determination of the response factor (unit weight per peak area) of each analyte. The response factors were used in the quantitation of the analytes in the test samples from their respective integrated peak areas. Monomyristin was used as an internal standard for the quantitation of monoglycerides In commercial emulsifiers. The accuracy of the methods was demonstrated by comparing the percent area (%A) determined by the chromatography with the percent weight (%W) of each of the components in the standard mixture, and the precision of the methods was indicated by the relative standard deviation (RSD). The mean ratio and RSD of %A/%W were 0.98 ± 0.09 ( |