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Analysis of Fatty Acid Content and Composition in Microalgae
Published on: October 1, 2013
[Analysis of fatty acids from the flowers of Trollius chinensis]
Ru-Feng Wang1, Xiu-Wei Yang, Chao-Mei Ma
1School of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China. wangrufeng@tsinghua.org.cn
Objective:
To analyze and identify fatty acids from the flowers of Trollius chinensis Bunge.
Methods:
To isolate and determine the constituents using GC/MS technique, quantitatively analyze their content by area normalization method.
Results:
31 fatty acids and 7 other constituents were isolated and determined.
Conclusion:
The major fatty acids were hexadecanoic (19.85%), (Z,Z)-9,12-octadecadienoic (14.37%), tetradecanoic (13.93%), (Z)-9-octadecenoic (13.00%), dodecanoic (6.79%), 10-hydroxy-hexadecanoic (4.37%) and octadecanoic (3.34%) acids.
