title: Interpretation of Fourier transform Raman spectra of the unsaponifiable matter in a selection of edible oils.
abstract: The unsaponifiable matter of edible oils is a source of information for their characterization and authentication. FT-Raman spectroscopy has been applied with success to the determination of the spectra of the unsaponifiable matter of varietal olive oils as well as other refined and crude edible oils. The spectra of the major unsaponifiable series of compounds (squalene, sterolic, and terpenic alcoholic fractions), together with beta-carotene and lutein, have been used to explain the most prominent bands found in the spectra of the unsaponifiable matter of 15 edible oil samples. The order of the scattering intensities of the varietal olive oils agrees with the results obtained by chromatography. An unsupervised multivariate statistical analysis of selected bands points out differences between olive oils and the other seed oils and also among varietal virgin olive oils.
authors.affiliation: Quality Department, CRAGx, Chaussée de Namur 24, Gembloux 5030, Belgium.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baeten
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dardenne
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aparicio
mesh_terms: D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000032:analysis*; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated