Journal
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 343, Issue 1, Pages 48-53Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.04.037
Keywords
fatty acid; boron trifluoride; plasma; liver; brain
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The analysis of fatty acid composition of plasma and tissue is important as a method for studying lipid nutrition. We investigated the possibility of direct methylation of fatty acids by BF3-methanol from plasma and from liver and brain homogenates without lipid extraction. There were no ghost peaks in the chromatogram produced by the direct methylation method. The 18:0 percentages were significantly higher in the direct methylation method than in the lipid extraction method. There were not remarkable differences in fatty acid composition in the direct methylation and methylation after lyophilization methods. Furthermore, the recovery ratio of the internal standard in the direct methylation, method was higher than that in the lipid extraction method. The difference of fatty acid composition with lipid extraction may be caused by the change of lipid class extraction. Therefore, the direct methylation method without lipid extraction is the most suitable for determining fatty acid composition in plasma and tissue. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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