Analysis and Classification of Common Vegetable Oils

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1293-1297

  Pitts, Steven J ^a   Thomson, Cameron I ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification of vegetable oils; Fatty acid methyl esters; Fatty acids; Forensic science; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Transesterification; Vegetable oils

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; CORN OIL; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; SAFFLOWER OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; SUNFLOWER OIL; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 0242526186     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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