Direct use of methyl tricosanoate as an internal standard and overcoming a potential error in the quantitation of the omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids of marine oils as ethyl esters

Food Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 425-426

  Timmins, A ^a   MacPherson, E J ^a   Ackman, R G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

LETTER; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034664117     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(00)00090-X     Document Type: Article

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