ISSN:
1431-4630
Keywords:
Key words Direct esterification
;
Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
;
Infant formulae
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Abstract Direct esterification of lipids in foods, including liquid and powder infant formulae, can be used as a simplified analytical procedure for the analysis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. The new method gives comparable results to standard methods using lipid extraction, but with less effort. The gas chromatographic separation method described uses an internal standard to calculate not only the normalised amount of fatty acid/total fatty acids, but also the absolute amounts of fatty acids in the product.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002170050031