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Isolation of eicosapentaenoic and docosapentaenoic acids from natural sources as their methyl esters by adsorption and distillation techniques
Author(s) -
Herb S. F.,
Witnauer Lee P.,
Riemenschneider R. W.
Publication year - 1951
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/bf02645827
Subject(s) - isomerization , chemistry , adsorption , distillation , organic chemistry , docosapentaenoic acid , eicosapentaenoic acid , alkali metal , methyl oleate , chromatography , polyunsaturated fatty acid , catalysis , fatty acid
Summary and Conclusions Methyl eicosapentaenoate and docosapentaenoate were isolated by adsorption and distillation techniques from the highly unsaturated esters of beef adrenal lipids. Specific extinction coefficients were determined under two different conditions of alkali isomerization.