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This paper gives analytical data on the composition of 14 selected consumer-available liquid vegetable oils, including soybean, soybean-cottonseed blends, corn, safflower, peanut, olive and apricot kernel oils. Label information identified six samples as specially processed or refined and three samples as cold pressed with no preservative added; the labels of the remaining five samples did not mention processing. Data are given for fatty acid composition,trans content, location of the double bonds in the unsaturated fatty acids, percent conjugation, tocopherol content, fatty acid composition of the 2-poisition of the triglycerides, polyunsaturated to saturated fatty acid (P/S) ratio, and the ratio of α-tocopherol to polyunsaturated fatty acids (α-T/P). The ranges of values found were: conjugated unsaturation, 0.18–1.09%; α-tocopherol, 0.01–0.60 mg/gm; total tocopherol 0.14–1.52 mg/gm; P/S, 0.5–8.7; and α-TP, 0.03–2.26. The compositions of the fatty acids on the 2-position and on the 1,3-position of the triglycerides were compared with those calculated by the Evans’ hypothesis and found to agree well for all but olive and apricot kernel oils.
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Carpenter, D.L., Lehmann, J., Mason, B.S. et al. Lipid composition of selected vegetable oils. J Am Oil Chem Soc 53, 713–718 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02635468
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