Determination of sterols, erythrodiol, uvaol and alkanols in olive oils using combined solid-phase extraction, high-performance liquid chromatographic and high-resolution gas chromatographic techniques. |
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Authors: | M Amelio R Rizzo F Varazini |
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Institution: | Fratelli Carli SpA, Imperia, Italy. |
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Abstract: | A method is described for the determination of the sterol, erythrodiol, uvaol and alkanol content in olive oils by means of solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography, instead of liquid-liquid and thin-layer chromatographic separations, the following step being high-resolution gas chromatographic separation. This type of procedure allows the simultaneous analysis of a larger number of samples and a substantial reduction in manual operations. Comparisons were made between the two methods on 100 different olive oils and with a statistical analysis of the results (Student's t-test). |
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