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Selected Patents 2016

The following list contains brief details of current patents, which appeared to…

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Epoxy Fatty Acids

Most epoxy compounds have signals for the protons attached to the epoxidized…

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Hydroxy and Hydroperoxy Fatty Acids

Solvent effects (pyridine, quinoline, and carbon tetrachloride studied) on the NMR spectra…

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Oxo Fatty Acids

In a saturated fatty acid methyl ester, 10-oxostearic acid, the signals of…

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Fatty Alcohols

In comparison to the spectra of stearic acid and its esters, the…

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Some Miscellaneous Fatty Acids

Fatty compounds with various functional groups of combinations thereof have been reported…

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Oils and Fats in the Market Place

Introduction Following my post-graduate training with T.P. Hilditch in Liverpool in the…

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Individual Commodity Oils and Fats

The Four Major Vegetable Oils Table 1 and Figure 1 show the…

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Major Producing and Consuming Countries/Regions

General View Comments on the figures in the Table The figures relate…

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Prices of Commodity Oils

The high prices for vegetable oils attract a good deal of media…

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Biodiesel

I have only been able to make a limited update to this…

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George S. Jamieson (1879–1959)

George Jamieson was born June 7, 1879 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and graduated…

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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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Hans Paul Kaufmann (1889-1971)

Hans Paul Kaufmann, a renowned and prolific lipid chemist and founder of…

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David Kritchevsky (1920 to 2006)

David Kritchevsky, a biochemist by training, arguably contributed as many “firsts” to…

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Transport and function of lipids in the plant phloem

Introduction Lipids are essential components of plants. They provide the energy for…

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Hippolyte Mège (1817-1880)

Hippolyte Mège was born October 24, 1817, in Draguigan in southern France.…

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Virgil C. Mehlenbacher (1901-1992)

Virgil C. Mehlenbacher was born March 31, 1901 in Kensington, Minnesota, but…

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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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Multiple Interactions in Silver Ion Chromatography of Lipids

Unravelling the interactions behind retention and separation of silver ion chromatography is…

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Fatty Acid Analysis by HPLC

Abstract: Although gas chromatography is the predominant technique used for fatty acid…

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How to Make a Column for Silver Ion HPLC

Silver ion columns for HPLC, i.e. ChromSpher LipidsTM columns (4.6 mm i.d.…

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Alternatives to Methyl Esters for GC Analysis of Fatty Acids

Abstract: Methyl esters are widely used for the gas chromatographic analysis of…

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Solid-Phase Extraction Chromatography in the Silver Ion Mode

Solid-phase extraction methods make use of small columns constructed from an impermeable…

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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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Preparative Silver Ion Chromatography on Home-Made TLC plates

1. Introduction The role of silver ion chromatography in lipid analysis is…

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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…

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Oxysterol Formation Frying Oils

1.  Introduction During frying, a number of complex reactions take place in…

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Metabolism and Function of Very-Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (>C24) in Mammals

Introduction A substantial amount of research has been conducted on the role…

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Selected Patents 2012

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Acetylenic Fatty Acids and Derivatives

Table 1 contains some information on the 1H-NMR characterization of octadecynoic acids.…

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Branched-Chain and Cyclic Fatty Acids

Figures 1 to 3 show the 1H-NMR spectra of several branched acids…

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Long Chain acyl-coA Synthetases and Other Acyl Activating Enzymes

Introduction Proper synthesis and breakdown of molecules containing carboxylic acids is a…

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Plant Triacylglycerol Synthesis

Introduction Triacylglycerol is composed of three fatty acyl groups esterified to a…

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Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis in Eukaryotic Microalgae– the biological basis for the 3rd generation biofuel

The Search for Alternative Energies Due to the ever-increasing energy demand, diminishing…

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Subcellular Oil Droplets and Oleosins in Plants

1.  Introduction Eukaryotes and prokaryotes contain neutral lipids in subcellular droplets for…

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Triacylglycerol Mobilisation in Plants

Introduction In plants, the mobilisation of oil (triacylglycerol) is best understood in…

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Role of Transcription Factors in Storage Lipid Accumulation in Plants

Introduction With few exceptions, oil accumulates in seeds as triacylglycerols; three fatty…

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Rubber Biosynthesis in Plants

Natural rubber is a strategically essential raw material throughout the world; global…

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Carotenoid Biosynthesis and Regulation in Plants

Introduction Carotenoids are lipophilic secondary metabolites derived from the isoprenoid pathway and…

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The Oxylipin Biosynthetic Pathways in Plants

Oxylipins are oxidized fatty acids and metabolites derived therefrom. These lipids are…

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Ralph Theodore Holman (1918 – 2012)

Ralph Holman’s life story should be an inspiration to everyone. A depression…

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N-Acylphosphatidylethanolamines (NAPEs), N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) and Other Acylamides: Metabolism, Occurrence and Functions in Plants

1.  Introduction N-Acylphosphatidylethanolamines (NAPEs), N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) and other acylamides are nitrogen-containing lipids.…

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Phosphoinositide Signaling in Plants

Introduction Phospholipids are important building blocks of biological membranes in all eukaryotes.…

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Plant Lipidomics

1.  Introduction “Lipidomics” refers to detailed, comprehensive profiling of lipid molecular species,…

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50 years of Galactolipid Research: The Beginnings

Introduction This review assumes that the basic facts of galactolipid biosynthesis are…

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Pequi oil

Pequi oil is obtained from native species of Caryocar genus in Central…

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Mechanism of Retention of Unsaturated Lipids

In order to use in full the resolution power of silver ion…

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What Column do I Need for Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Fatty Acids?

Abstract: Recommendations are given for the choice of column for routine fatty…

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Selected Patents 2011

The following list contains brief details of current patents, which appeared to…