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A simple chromatographic method for purification of egg lecithin
Author(s) -
Riis Nielsen Jørn
Publication year - 1980
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/bf02534078
Subject(s) - lecithin , chromatography , chemistry , egg lecithin , lipidology , clinical chemistry , phosphatidylcholine , moiety , yield (engineering) , phosphocholine , column chromatography , phosphatidyl choline , phospholipid , biochemistry , organic chemistry , membrane , materials science , metallurgy
Egg lecithin was purified from the CdCl 2 ‐lecithin complex by column chromatography on Alumina. The yield from 5 eggs was 2.8 g. The purified lecithin had correct chemical values for pure lecithin and a fatty acid composition similar to lecithin prepared by other methods. The method probably can be adapted for purification of other lipids containing the phosphocholine moiety and for purification of synthetic lecithin.