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The influence of storage on the fatty acid content of cod liver oil

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A study has been made of the change of fatty acid content of cod liver oils during storage. Thirty oils varying in acid content from 0.38% to 20.88% were procured in the open market. They represented three types of oils—medicinal, animal feeding and industrial oils. The samples of oil were stored at room temperature, in the dark, in three-fourths filled, four-ounce, amber, cork-stoppered bottles. The acid content was determined twelve times during a period of forty-two months. The acid content of each oil increased. The amount of increase varied from 7.42% for a sample of industrial oil with an initial acid content of 16.45% to 84.80% for a sample of animal feeding oil with an initial acid content of 0.99%. In general, the cod liver oils with initial high acid content showed a lower percentage increase in free fatty acids than oils with a low initial free fatty acid content.

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  1. The E. L. Patch Company, Boston, Massachusetts

    Arthur D. Holmes, Francis Tripp & David F. Menard

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Holmes, A.D., Tripp, F. & Menard, D.F. The influence of storage on the fatty acid content of cod liver oil. Oil Soap 11, 102–104 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02543257

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