Erucic Acid
Erucic acid (cis-13-docosenoic acid/C22:1) is a monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid of 22 carbon atoms, naturally found in rapeseed and mustard oil.
Animal studies demonstrated that consumption of a high amount of erucic acid could cause cardiac damage. So, low erucic acid-containing rapeseed oil, aka canola oil, has been used as edible oil and high erucic acid rapeseed is cultivated for industrial purposes.
Erucic acid is a widely used fatty acid in surfactants, lubricant and polymer industries. Due to the potential applications, erucic acid derivatives, such as erucamide, erucate esters, erucyl alcohol have immense commercial value.
A significant level of erucic acid is reported in the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma.
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Analysis Packages for Erucic Acid
The Celignis Analysis Package(s) that determine this constituent are listed below:Equipment Used for Erucic Acid Analysis
| Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) Our lab has an Agilent 6890 gas chromatograph (GC) coupled to an Agilent 5973 mass selective detector (Mass Spectrometer). |
Additional Material
We can determine the Erucic Acid content of biomass, click here to learn more about our various biomass analysis methods.We can determine the Erucic Acid content of seaweed, click here to learn more about our various methods for analysing seaweed.
