Simultaneous quantitation of FFA, MAG, DAG, and TAG in enzimatically modified vegetable oils and fats

A novel and easy-to-implement high temperature gas chromatographic procedure for the simultaneous quantitation of free fatty acids (FFA), monoacylglycerols (MAG), diacylglycerols (DAG), and triacylglycerols (TAG) for products arising from fats and oils modification processes has been developed. The...

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Autores: Pacheco, Consuelo, Palla, Camila, Crapiste, Guillermo Hector, Carrin, Maria Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/15317
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/15317
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Oils
Triaccylglyceols
Diacylglycerols
Monoacylglycerols
Free Fatty Acids
Htglc
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.4
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Sumario:A novel and easy-to-implement high temperature gas chromatographic procedure for the simultaneous quantitation of free fatty acids (FFA), monoacylglycerols (MAG), diacylglycerols (DAG), and triacylglycerols (TAG) for products arising from fats and oils modification processes has been developed. The method involves silylation in the presence of pyridine at room temperature, standard injection system, and FID detection. Species were separated by carbon number and degree of unsaturation; thus, a total of 53 individual compounds could be quantified. An identification plot for unavailable triacylglycerol standard species relating relative retention time with the number of double bonds was built. Calibration curves for the quantitation of by-products (FFA, MAG, and DAG) and a calibration surface for TAG were constructed using standard solutions. Multiple internal standards were used, achieving good repeatability. The method was tested over a wide range of fatty acid unsaturation level (0 to 3 double bonds) and chain length (C14 to C18). The results achieved in real samples were in agreement with those obtained by fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) analysis and HPLC-RI. The method developed is a rapid and reliable technique to quantify FFA, MAG, DAG, and TAG in substrates and products of modification, ideal to monitor the degree of conversion in fats and oils enzymatic esterification, among others.