Fatty acids, triacylglycerols, and sterols in neem oil (Azadirachta Indica A. Juss) as determined by a combination of chromatographic and spectral techniques

Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-25

  Momchilova, Svetlana ^a   Antonova, Daniela ^a   Marekov, Ilko ^a   Kuleva, Liliana ^a   Nikolova Damyanova, Boryana ^a   Jham, Gulab ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Gas chromatography; Neem oil; NMR; Thin layer Chromatography; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

NEEM OIL; REVERSED PHASE MODES; STEROL ESTER FRACTIONS; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLEIC ACID; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

OILS AND FATS;

ARACHIDIC ACID; BECHENIC ACID; CAMPESTEROL; ESTER; FATTY ACID; FUCOSTEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; NEEM OIL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; SILVER NITRATE; SITOSTEROL; STEARIC ACID; STEROL; STIGMASTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULE; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 33845728051     PISSN: 10826076     EISSN: 1520572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826070601034188     Document Type: Article

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