(1) Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Abstract:
Background
Analysis of fatty acid composition of biological materials is a common task in lipid research. Conventionally, preparation of samples for fatty acid analysis by gas chromatography involves two separate procedures: lipid extraction and methylation. This conventional method is complicated, tedious and time consuming. Development of a rapid and simple method for lipid analysis is warranted.
