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Simple mass spectrometric differentiation of the n ‐3, n ‐6 and n ‐9 series of methylene interrupted polyenoic acids
Author(s) -
Fellenberg Alan J.,
Johnson David W.,
Poulos Alf,
Sharp Peter
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
biomedical and environmental mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0887-6134
DOI - 10.1002/bms.1200140306
Subject(s) - methylene , series (stratigraphy) , hydrolysis , simple (philosophy) , chemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , biology , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract A method is described to assign the positional series of methylene interrupted polyenoic acids, in complex mixtures, isolated from hydrolysed lipid extracts. It entails a simple comparison of the intensities of three ions of m / z 108, 150 and 192.