title: Elucidation of fatty acid profiles in vegetable oils exploiting group-type patterning and enhanced sensitivity of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography.
abstract: The present research is focused on the use of comprehensive 2-D GC (GCxGC) for the thorough elucidation of fatty acid (FA) profiles contained in vegetable oils; the samples analysed consisted of extra-virgin olive oil and refined hazelnut oil. The enhanced sensitivity and the formation of group-type patterns provided by GCxGC enabled the identification and quantification of both well-known and rather unexpected FAs contained in the lipid matrices. Peak assignment was, in most cases, supported by using pure standard compounds. Of particular interest was the identification of a series of odd-numbered FAs in both samples. The results attained to demonstrate the usefulness of GCxGC also for the analysis of supposedly low-complex samples.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Farmaco-Chimico, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy. Fax: +39-090-676-6532.
authors.forename: Peter Quinto
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Tranchida
authors.forename: Agostino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giannino
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mondello
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sciarrone
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dugo
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dugo
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mondello
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils