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[Developments for the analysis of trans fatty acids in food products]
Mingyong Xie1, Meiyan Yang, Shaoping Nie
1State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China. myxie@ncu.edu.cn
Abstract:
More attention has been paid to trans fatty acids (TFAs) because of its influence on the human health. Adequate analytical tools are required for determining the contents of TFAs in labeling food products. Several different analytical methods such as spectrometry, chromatography, mass spectrometry and electrophoresis have been developed for analyzing TFAs in food products. This paper reviews the analytical methods developed for identifying and quantifying TFAs in oils and fats, describes the related merits of these approaches and their applications in food analysis.
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