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Gas chromatographic separation of wax esters based on the degree of unsaturation
Author(s) -
Takagi Toru,
Itabashi Yutaka,
Ota Toru,
Hayashi Kenji
Publication year - 1976
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/bf02544066
Subject(s) - degree of unsaturation , wax , chromatography , chemistry , gas chromatography , carbon number , double bond , lipidology , chromatographic separation , organic chemistry , high performance liquid chromatography , fatty acid , alkyl
The wax esters of sperm whale head oil have been characterized by gas‐liquid chromatography on an APOLAR 10C column according to their carbon number and number of double bonds. The novel technique permits the direct quantitative analysis of saturated and unsaturated wax esters.