title: Comparison of critical methods developed for fatty acid analysis: A review.
abstract: Fatty acids are important nutritional substances and metabolites in living organisms. These acids are abundant in Chinese herbs, such as Brucea javanica, Notopterygium forbesii, Isatis tinctoria, Astragalus membranaceus, and Aconitum szechenyianum. This review illustrates the types of fatty acids and their significant roles in the human body. Many analytical methods are used for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of fatty acids. Some of the methods used to analyze fatty acids in more than 30 kinds of plants, drugs, and other samples are presented in this paper. These analytical methods include gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, near-infrared spectroscopy, and NMR spectroscopy. The advantages and disadvantages of these techniques are described and compared. This review provides a valuable reference for establishing methods for fatty acid determination.
authors.affiliation: Experiment Center for Teaching and Learning, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.|School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Zhuona
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Experiment Center for Teaching and Learning, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.|School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Division of Life Science, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Experiment Center for Teaching and Learning, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yiqiong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.affiliation: Experiment Center for Teaching and Learning, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.|School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Experiment Center for Teaching and Learning, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.|School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005227:Fatty Acids
keywords: Fatty acids; Gas chromatography; Liquid chromatography; NMR spectroscopy; Near-infrared spectroscopy