Selection of direct transesterification as the preferred method for assay of fatty acid content of microalgae

Lipids

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1053-1060

  Griffiths, M J ^a   Van Hille, R P ^a   Harrison, S T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BF3 methanol; Chlorella; Direct transesterification; Fatty acid; Lipid; Microalgae; Nannochloropsis; Scenedesmus; Sodium methoxide

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCENEDESMUS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; WATER CONTENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EFFICIENCY; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROALGAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

NANNOCHLOROPSIS; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 78549261698     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-010-3468-2     Document Type: Article

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