Abstract
The determination of FA in cold water marine samples is challenging because of the presence of large proportions of a variety of labile PUFA. This study was undertaken to establish optimal methods for FA analysis in various sample types present in the marine environment. Several techniques used in FA analysis, including lipid fractionation, FAME formation, and picolinyl ester synthesis, were examined. Neutral lipids, acetone-mobile polar lipids, and phospholipids (PL) were readily separated from each other on columns of activated silica gel, but recoveries of PL were reduced. Deactivation of the silica gel with 20% w/w water produced variable recoveries of PL (66±22%). FAME formation with BF3 gave optimal recoveries, and a method to remove hydrocarbon contamination from these samples before GC analysis using column chromatography was optimized. Picolinyl derivatives of FA are useful in structural determinations with MS, and a new base-catalyzed transesterification method of their synthesis from FAME was developed. Finally, a series of calculations, combining FA proportions with acyl lipid class concentrations, was designed to estimate FA concentrations. In algae and animal samples, these estimates were in good agreement with actual FA concentrations determined by internal standards.
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Abbreviations
- AMPL:
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acetone-mobile polar lipid
- NL:
-
neutral lipid
- NMID:
-
nonmethylene-interrupted dienoic
- OSC:
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Ocean Science Centre
- PL:
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phospholipid
- SE/WE:
-
steryl ester/wax ester
- TIC:
-
total ion chromatogram
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Budge, S.M., Parrish, C.C. FA determination in cold water marine samples. Lipids 38, 781–791 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-003-1127-4
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