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The Relationship between the Refractive Index of Fish Oils and their Content of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA), Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and Total Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA)

✍ Scribed by De Koning, A. J.


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Weight
361 KB
Volume
96
Category
Article
ISSN
0931-5985

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✦ Synopsis


Highly significant correlations were found to exist between the refractive index of fish oils and their content of eicosapentaenoic acid, the sum of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid and the total polyunsaturated fatty acids. T h e refractive index of a fish oil can be used therefore as an indicator of the content of the abovementioned fatty acids.