Exploring Phylogenetic Relationships between Hundreds of Plant Fatty Acids Synthesized by Thousands of Plants. more details ...
Abstract The laboratories of the U.S. Customs Service frequently encounter the major analytical problem of determining the country of origin of imported commodities. This is particularly challenging with natural products. This paper will describe the process for one such commodity -pistachio nuts. Two approaches were taken, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). It was found that the results of these two techniques were complimentary and confirmatory. The HPLC data was obtained on the petroleum ether soluble fraction of the pistachio nuts while the DSC runs evaluated both this fraction and the whole nut. The HPLC results were further investigated by collecting fractions from the eluting peaks, derivatizing them to form the methyl ester of the fatty acids, and profiling by gas chromatography to confirm the triglycerides originally present. The U.S. Customs Service is currently using DSC area ratios to screen imported pistachio nuts for country of origin. © 1990 American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS).
Citation

Authors: Dyszel, S. M.; Pettit, B. C.

Journal: Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Year: 1990

Volume: 67

Page: 947-951

UID: WOS:A1990ET73000011

URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0025543585&partnerID=40&md5=8ad5b8f3f843de41384f81fcfe6335cf

DOI: 10.1007/BF02541854

Plants
Genus Species Data Points
Pistacia vera 4
SOFA Table(s)
TAB_007001