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Oxygen absorption of methyl esters of fat acids, and the effect of antioxidants

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The oxygen absorption of methyl linolenate, methyl linoleate, methyl oleate, methyl stearate, the distilled methyl esters of lard, and various mixtures of the four individual methyl esters were measured at 100° C. in the Barcroft-Warburg apparatus. Mixtures of methyl esters absorbed oxygen at a rate which could be approximately predicted from the rate of oxygen absorption of each component and the percentage of each present.

The antioxidants nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), propyl gallate, benzylhydroquinone, α-tocopherol, and their synergistic combinations with citric acid, d-isoascorbyl palmitate, and lecithin were tested with the substrates methyl linoleate, methyl oleate, methyl stearate, and the distilled methyl esters of lard. Citric acid showed marked synergism with each antioxidant. The two most effective were the combinations of citric acid with nordihydroguaiaretic acid and with propyl gallate.

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  1. Eastern Regional Research Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A. J. Stirton, J. Turer & R. W. Riemenschneider

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One of the laboratories of the Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry, Agricultural Research Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.

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Stirton, A.J., Turer, J. & Riemenschneider, R.W. Oxygen absorption of methyl esters of fat acids, and the effect of antioxidants. Oil Soap 22, 81–83 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02635538

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