Abstract
A gas chromatographic method of analysis for cyclopropenoid acids in cottonseed oil, as the methyl esters, is described. With a glass column packed with a methyl silicone substrate on an inert support, methyl sterculate and methyl malvalate can be chromatographed without decomposition. Although methyl malvalate was not well resolved from methyl linoleate, it could be quantitated accurately at concentrations as low as 0.03% by a peak-height method. Quantitation can be done manually with an internal standard, or with a data system without an internal standard. The method does not require calibration with a cyclopropenoid acid standard, i.e., it is a primary method. Results compare favorably with those obtained by HBr titration. Less than 1 mg of oil is required for an analysis.
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Fisher, G.S., Schuller, W.H. Gas chromatographic analysis of cyclopropenoid acids in cottonseed oils. J Am Oil Chem Soc 58, 943–946 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02659664
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02659664