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Tocopherol content of seaweed and seaweed meal: I.—Analytical methods and distribution of tocopherols in benthic algae
Author(s) -
Jensen A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740200801
Subject(s) - algae , tocopherol , botany , chlorophyta , green algae , biology , chromatography , chemistry , red algae , food science , biochemistry , antioxidant , vitamin e
A rapid and reliable method for identification and quantitative determination of algal tocopherols has been developed. The algal tocopherols are separated from each other and from other lipids by circular chromatography on paper which contains aluminium ox de. Based on this method the distribution of tocopherols in brown, red and green seaweeds was investigated. α‐Tocopherol was the only tocopherol detectable in all algae except for those belonging to the Fucaceae family, which contained the γ and δ‐homologues as well.