title: Gas chromatographic determination of the fatty-acid content of heat-treated green beans.
abstract: A gas chromatographic method that employs flame ionization detection, a DB-Wax capillary column with helium as the carrier gas, and a split-splitless (1:15) injector was used to determine the effects of different heat treatments on the fatty-acid content of whole green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris, L.). A one-step-extraction-methylation method was used to obtain fatty acid methyl esters from raw and steamed, boiled, pressure-cooked, and microwave-cooked green beans. The fatty-acid profile changed slightly, but heat treatment produced an increase in the fatty-acid content.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica Analitica, Nutricion y Bromatologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de La Cruz Garcia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lopez Hernandez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simal Lozano
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D003296:Cooking; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids