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Amino acid and fatty acid composition of cane molasses
Author(s) -
Mee John M. L.,
Brooks Coy C.,
Stanley Richard W.
Publication year - 1979
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.2740300413
Subject(s) - amino acid , alanine , chemistry , palmitic acid , arachidic acid , linoleic acid , aspartic acid , biochemistry , composition (language) , chromatography , fatty acid , linguistics , philosophy
Cane molasses contain both protein and non‐protein amino acids and fatty acids. Gas chromatographic evidence is presented for aspartic and glutamic acids and alanine, being the major acids out of the 18 protein amino acids determined. Two unidentified N‐containing free acids, eluting faster than alanine and other protein amino acids on EGA column, are of particular interest. Linoleic (C18:2) is by far the most important fatty acid found. Other major fatty acids are palmitic (C16:0), oleic (C18:1) and arachidic (C20:0).