The AOCS Lipid Library

SELECTED TOPICS IN THE ANALYSIS OF LIPIDS

The articles in this section are designed to give an introduction to aspects of lipid analysis that are of special interest at this time. In addition, there are some more substantial reviews from the 'Advances in Lipid Methodology' series by Dr William W. Christie. We are grateful to P.J. Barnes & Associates (The Oily Press) for permission to reproduce this material. Many more original documents will appear here as time permits with many different authors. Further relevant articles are available in other sub-sections of the Analysis component of this site.

Review Articles from 'Advances in Lipid Methodology - One and Two' (by William W. Christie)
Solid-phase extraction columns in the analysis of lipids Preparation of ester derivatives of fatty acids for chromatographic analysis Preparation of lipid extracts from tissues	The chromatographic resolution of chiral lipids Detectors for HPLC of lipids with special reference to evaporative light-scattering detection
Fatty acid analysis GC columns for fatty acid analysis Fatty acid analysis by HPLC Alternatives to methyl esters for GC analysis CLA - A practical guide (from INFORM) (by William W. Christie, Pierre Juaneda and Jean Louis Sébédio). General Methodology Why methods go wrong Laboratory accreditation Mass spectrometry Use of lithiated adducts for structural analysis of acylglycerols by ESI-MS (by Jiann-Tsyh (Ken) Lin) Identification of double bond location in fatty acid methyl esters by CA CI tandem MS (by J. Thomas Brenna and Cynthia Tyburczy)	Other Chromatographic Methods Gas chromatographic analysis of plant sterols (by Jill Winkler-Moser) Analysis of tocopherols and tocotrienols by HPLC (by Anna-Maija Lampi) Reversed-phase HPLC of triacylglycerols Thin-layer chromatography Structural analysis of triacylglycerols GC analysis of triacylglycerols - caution! Modifed AOCS method for oil content determination (by Keshun Liu) Lipidomics - a personal view (by W.W. Christie)

Some of the documents are available in PDF format via a link at the end of the web page. Some articles from this section, which were believed to be out-dated, have been placed in an Archive file, where they can be accessed if required.

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