Triglycerides are a class of natural products found in plant and animal sources.  These fatty acids are comprised of a long chain of hydrocarbons saturated, mono- unsaturated or, poly unsaturated.  These compounds have several uses including the manufacture of surfactants and soaps while some are thought to have medicinal and/or nutritional value.Purification of these compounds can be challenging using liquid chromatography with UV detection as most of these compounds are UV transparent.  The use of non-spectroscopic detectors such as ELSD can also be problematic as compound detection is non-specific and all compounds in the sample will be detected.In this poster we will show the benefits of mass-directed flash purification for the isolation of several fatty acid methyl esters.

Mass-directed flash purification of triglycerides

247th National Meeting (2014)

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