Measuring Total Lipid Content in Rat Carcasses: A Comparison of Commonly Employed Extraction Methods

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4214-4217

  Brooks, S P J ^a   Ratnayake, W M N ^a   Lampi, B J ^a   Hollywood, R ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lipid extraction; Methods; Rat carcass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001321517     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980052w     Document Type: Article

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