title: Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence studies of stripped Borage oil.
abstract: In this study we explored the spectroscopic properties of Borage oil, particularly the use of fluorescence techniques to investigate the presence of conjugated fatty acids (CFAs). This research has important health and dietary applications. The absorption and fluorescence spectra of different CFAs and Borage oil in ethanol were measured. Time-domain fluorescence was employed to establish the life times of the samples. We found that Borage oil contains 1.2x10(-3) mol L(-1) of alpha-eleostearic acid or its isomer (i.e., a conjugated triene), 1.6x10(-4) mol L(-1) of cis-parinaric acid (i.e., a conjugated tetraene) and 1.1x10(-5) mol L(-1) of c-COPA (i.e., a conjugated pentaene). Because of the three-exponential fluorescence intensity decay for Borage oil, other fatty acids with a four conjugated double bond system could not be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 4, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smyk
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amarowicz
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szabelski
authors.forename: Ignacy
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gryczynski
authors.forename: Zygmunt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gryczynski
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D008042:Linolenic Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D011090:Polyenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D017965:gamma-Linolenic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008042:Linolenic Acids; D010938:Plant Oils; D011090:Polyenes; C004934:eleostearic acid; D017965:gamma-Linolenic Acid; C079363:borage oil