DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID IN SITU TRANSESTERIFICATION METHOD FOR FATTY ACID ANALYSIS IN MICROALGAE

The FAME yield from microalgae of two in situ transesterification methods were compared to a typical Folch et al. (1957) extraction followed by transesterification using the Hilditch et al. (1964) procedure. A method based on Park & Goins (1994), utilizing 0.5 N NaOH in methanol, then 14 % BCl3...

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Main Author: Hall, Julie
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14790