title: Improved methods for the isolation and study of the C18, C20 and C22 monoethylenic fatty acid isomers of biological samples: Hg adducts, HPLC, AgNO3-TLC/FID, and ozonolysis.
abstract: The monoethylenic isomers of C18, C20 and C22 chain lengths of the depot fat of a nonhominid primate (cynomolgus monkeys,Macaca fascicularis), fed a partially hydrogenated herring oil (IV=76.0) for 30 months, were examined by 2 different approaches. The first isolation method involved preparative gas liquid chromatography and argentation thin layer chromatography (TLC). The second sequence involved a chain-length fractionation system based on the TLC of the methoxy-bromomercuri quence involved a chain-length fractionation system based on the TLC of the methoxy-bromomercuri adducts of the total methyl esters to isolate groups of acids of common degrees of unsaturation, and then high performance liquid chromatography on a reverse-phase column. In both cases, the monoethylenic isomer distribution was determined by ozonolysis in BF3/MeOH. Comparable results were obtained with the 2 methods. The second approach is recommended for small biological samples, especially for those containing a relatively high proportion of di- and other polyethylenic isomers which might interfere.
authors: Fisheries Research & Technology Laboratory, Technical University of Nova Scotia, PO Box 1000, B3J 2X4, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Sebedio
authors: Fisheries Research & Technology Laboratory, Technical University of Nova Scotia, PO Box 1000, B3J 2X4, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
authors: T E
authors: TE
authors: Farquharson
authors: Fisheries Research & Technology Laboratory, Technical University of Nova Scotia, PO Box 1000, B3J 2X4, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
authors: R G
authors: RG
authors: Ackman