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Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975)
Percy Lavon Julian was born April 11, 1899, in Montgomery Alabama, USA,…
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A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
This article was first published in INFORM magazine. Introduction There is increasing…
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Hans Paul Kaufmann (1889-1971)
Hans Paul Kaufmann, a renowned and prolific lipid chemist and founder of…
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Retention Order of Fatty Acids and Triacylglycerols
The interaction between Ag(I) and the olefinic double bond(s) in the acyl…
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Application of Infrared Spectroscopy to the Rapid Determination of Total Saturated, trans, Monounsaturated, and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Vibrational Spectroscopy Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is an old analytical technique that has…