F. D. Gusntone
Jul 1, 1991
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Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
Abstract
Abstract Glycerol can form five classes of esters: two monoacylglycerols, two diacylglycerols and triacylglycerols. A study of the 13C-NMR spectra of compounds of each of these types and of simple and more complex mixtures has shown that each ester type has characteristic chemical shifts for the three glycerol carbon atoms and for C1 and C2 in each acyl chain. This information allows easy identification of each type of acylglycerol and also gives a semiquantitative estimation of the composition of mixtures.