Conclusion
1. The maximum velocities of oxygen absorption as measured by the Warburg-Barcroft respirometer at 40° and expressed as mols 02/mol substance/100 minutes was found for a series of octadecatrienoic acids and their esters to be as follows:alpha-eleostearic acid, 2.68;beta-eleostearic acid, 1.02; pseudo-eleostearic acid, 0.64; methyl pseudo-eleostearate, 0.42; alpha-linolenic acid, 0.52; ethyl linolenate, 0.24.
2. The data showed the effect of spatial configuration as well as type of unsaturation and functional grouping on the oxidation reaction.
3. The apparently pure fatty compounds were found to have induction periods, pointing to the autocatalytic nature of the oxidation reaction.
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This work was aided by grants from the National Livestock and Meat Board, the Hormel Foundation, and the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota. Presented before the Chicago convention of the American Oil Chemists’ Society on October 2, 1940.
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Myers, J.E., Kass, J.P. & Burr, G.O. Comparative rates of oxidation of isomeric linolenic acids and their esters. Oil Soap 18, 107–109 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02545420
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