Improved recovery of fatty acid through direct transesterification without prior extraction or purification.

Methods currently in use for the quantitative measurement of fatty acids by gas-liquid chromatography after transesterification are usually lengthy and cumbersome. The technique described is a one-step reaction that is carried out in the same tube and bypasses all the extraction and purification ste...

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Main Authors: G Lepage, C C Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1984-12-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520344576