## Abstract In view of requirements set in 1979 by the European Community regarding the reduction of erucic acid levels in foods, we developed a method by which concentrations down to 0.1% can be determined. The procedure and conclusions are discussed in brief.
The determination of erucic and cetoleic acids in oils, fats and fatty foods
β Scribed by Ronald S. Kirk; Roger E. Mortlock; W. Dennis Pocklington; Peter Roper
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 277 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5142
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
A method for separating the methyl esters of erucic and cetoleic acids is described. Separation was achieved on silica gel plates impregnated with silver nitrate, utilising multiple development with a toluene: hexane mixture at a temperature of β23Β°C. Mixtures of rapeseed and herring oil fatty acid methyl esters have been separated by the method described and quantified by gas chromatography.
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