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Separation of polyunsaturated fatty acids by argentation thin layer chromatography
Author(s) -
Dudley Peter A.,
Anderson Robert E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02532166
Subject(s) - silver nitrate , chromatography , chemistry , polyunsaturated fatty acid , thin layer chromatography , double bond , lipidology , fatty acid methyl ester , nitrate , thin layer , layer (electronics) , organic chemistry , fatty acid , catalysis , biodiesel
A single step, silver nitrate thin layer chromatographic procedure which separates a methyl ester mixture containing 0–6 double bonds is described. Purity of each ester recovered from the silver nitrate plate was 98–99%. Recovery of the esters ranged from 100% for saturates to 77% for pentaenes.