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Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 
 
 

Determination of the carbon deficiency in the flame ionization detector response of long-chain fatty acid methyl esters and dicarboxylic acid dimethyl esters.

Carbon deficiencies (CDs) of long-chain fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) and dicarboxylic acid dimethyl esters (DDMEs), which lead to decreased response in a flame ionization detection (FID) system, were determined by using full responding hydrocarbons (heptadecane, eicosane and alpha-cholestane) as references. For saturated FAMEs ranging from C12 to C22 and for DDMEs ranging from C4 to C10, CDs between 1.3+/-0.12 and 1.7+/-0.36 per ester group were recorded. All values were significantly (P < 0.05) greater than 1. Generally, response factors for gas-chromatographic analysis using FID have been calculated on the theory that the CD of FAMEs is 1 per ester group. However, this theory could not be confirmed experimentally for short-chain FAMEs of less than 8 carbons as CDs of around 1.5 were reported for C4 and C6 FAMEs. The study presented here contributes an approach to this problem by confirming the validity of response factors calculated from a CD of 1.5 per ester group as well as for long-chain FAMEs and DDMEs.[1]

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