Gas Chromatography Application Notes

Reporting the fat content of food on packaging material is required for many products. For this reason, the ability to detect and distinguish different types of fats is important. The AOAC has an official method, Method 996.06, for the detection of fats (total, saturated, and unsaturated) that uses GC paired with FID to separate fatty acids, derivatized with methylation.

Liver disease affects more than 800 million people worldwide causing at least 1.5 million deaths annually. Mice provided a reliable model for detection of polychlorinated biphenyls associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

The American Heart Association recommends eating two servings of fish per week, specifically fish with high fat content such as tuna and salmon. In this study, the advantages of using the Pegasus GC-HRT to analyze complex matrices such as fish oil are highlighted.