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1H NMR characterization of milk lipids: A comparison between cow and buffalo milk

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Characterization of the lipid fraction of raw cow and buffalo milk samples, collected in different breeding areas in Apulia, a region of southern Italy, were performed by means of 1H NMR. The aim of this work was to establish whether FA composition data obtained by 1H NMR can be used in the differentiation of buffalo and cow milk samples according to species. A complete assignment of the signals present in the spectrum was attempted by COSY, heteronuclear coherence spectra. Quantification of FA was carried out by inserting the integrals of particular peaks in suitable calculations. Multivariate statistical analysis, conducted on the results of the quantification, permitted buffalo and cow milks to be distinguished.

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  1. Dipartimento di Chimica, Campus Universitario, Via Orabona 4, 70126, Bari, Italy

    Maria Antonietta Brescia, Vincenzo Mazzilli & Antonio Sacco

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni, dell'Ingegneria, della Meccanica e dell'Economia Applicate ai Sistemi Agro-Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Facoltà di Agraria, 71100, Foggia, Italy

    Angela Sgaramella

  3. SPIN, 42048, Rubiera, Italy

    Stefano Ghelli

  4. Dipartimento di Scienze e Technologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università di Lecce, 73100, Lecce

    Francesco Paolo Fanizzi

  5. Consortium C.A.R.S.O. Cancer Research Center, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy

    Francesco Paolo Fanizzi

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Antonietta Brescia, M., Mazzilli, V., Sgaramella, A. et al. 1H NMR characterization of milk lipids: A comparison between cow and buffalo milk. J Amer Oil Chem Soc 81, 431–436 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-004-0918-3

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