Abstract
In the triglycerides of palm oil (or any vegetable oil or fat), an unsaturated fatty acid (oleic or linoleic) attached to the 2-glycerol carbon can be distinguished from one attached to the 1- or 3-glycerol carbon by high (or medium) field13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis of the olefinic carbons. The chemical shift difference of the olefinic carbons in the fatty acid chain is characteristic of the chain's glycerol position and can therefore be used to identify the glycerol position of an unsaturated fatty acid in the triglyceride.
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Ng, S. High field13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of the olefinic carbons of the triglycerides of palm oil. Lipids 19, 56–59 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02534609
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