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Errors in the acid and saponification values of fatty acids
Author(s) -
Blank Eugene W.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02631686
Subject(s) - saponification , saponification value , chemistry , sterol , fatty acid , value (mathematics) , organic chemistry , chromatography , biochemistry , mathematics , cholesterol , statistics
Attention is directed to the variation in ester value of fatty acids depending upon method of isolation. The formation of sterol esters increases the ester value of fatty acids. The increase of ester value with elapsed time is discussed. The effect of ester value variation on the results obtained in soap analysis is described, and a possible basis of explanation for the anomalous results frequently obtained with the Goldschmidt method is presented.