Separation of triglycerides in sesame oil
contributed by VWR |
Using the Chromaster system & VWR (ELSD) 90 detector
Introduction
Lipids are essential to life as selective barriers for the movement of molecules across the cell membrane. Triglycerides are a type of lipid used by living systems for energy transportation and storage. Foodstuffs such as vegetable oils, olive oil and seed oils contain triglycerides with varying degrees of saturation. Many different types of triglyceride found in these oils give rise to the fact that they posses a unique “fingerprint” that can be used to determine provenance.
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