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Differences in fatty acid composition of fish faeces as determined by two extraction methods
Author(s) -
Takeuchi Toshio,
Ackman Robert G,
Lall Santosh P
Publication year - 1991
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.2740560302
Subject(s) - saponification , chloroform , chemistry , extraction (chemistry) , solvent , chromatography , fatty acid , methanol , fish <actinopterygii> , composition (language) , fatty acid methyl ester , saponification value , food science , organic chemistry , biology , fishery , linguistics , philosophy , biodiesel , catalysis
Chloroform‐methanol, a supposedly efficient solvent system for lipid extraction, was applied to heterogeneous samples, respectively fish diets and fish faeces. Comparisons were made of the compositions of the fatty acids prepared from solvent‐recovered lipids with those obtained by total saponification. These show that solvent extraction, followed by saponification prior to fatty acid methyl ester preparation, gives differences attributable to incomplete extraction. Direct sample saponification in ethanolic alkali is recommended if all fatty acids in the diet are of interest.