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Gas chromatography (GC) has many applications in the analysis of food products. This laboratory exercise includes two GC analyses: (a) analysis of methanol and two higher alcohols (n-propyl alcohol and isobutyl alcohol) in wine, with no derivatization, and using benzyl alcohol as an internal standard, and (b) analysis of fatty acids, after derivatization using either boron trifluoride or sodium methoxide to form fatty acid methyl esters, and using a reference standard.
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Nielsen, S.S., Qian, M.C. (2017). Gas Chromatography. In: Food Analysis Laboratory Manual. Food Science Text Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44127-6_8
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