WO2009020406A1 - Methods of making lipid substances, lipid substances made thereby and uses thereof - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to methods of enriching lipid substances, particularly fats and oils, in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), particularly omega-3 fatty acids.
- PUFAs polyunsaturated fatty acids
- the invention also relates to methods of producing glycerides from FFAs, particuarly from PUFAs.
- the invention further relates to methods of producing lipid substances comprising glycerides enriched in PUFAs.
- the invention also relates to oils or fats enriched in PUFAs or derivatives thereof.
- Fats and oils are triacylglycerides (TAG), that is esters of free fatty acids (FFAs) with glycerol. They are important macronutrients for animals, including the human animal, where they contribute about 30 % of the calorie intake.
- FFAs that form fats and oils have a wide variety of structures but all are carboxylic acids and most contain linear carbon chains capped by a terminal methyl group.
- omega-n refers to monounsaturated or polyunsaturated FFA, where the first double bond is at the n th carbon-carbon bond from the terminal methyl group.
- Saturated FFAs contain no double bonds whereas monounsaturated contain one usually at the omega-9 position. Both saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids are able to be synthesised in vivo.
- Omega-6 is found mostly in vegetable oils as well as fats from animals.
- the average modern western diet includes plenty of omega-6 from these sources.
- Omega-3's are much less common in the average western diet.
- omega-3 dodecahexenoic acid (DHA, G22:6n-3) and eicosapentenoic acid (EPA, C20:5n-3)
- ALA short chain omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid
- DHA dodecahexenoic acid
- EPA eicosapentenoic acid
- ALA short chain omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid
- the human animal can convert ALA to EPA and DHA, the method for doing this is considered to be inefficient, and it is thought that optimally DHA and EPA should be provided in the human diet from other sources, namely fish.
- Levels of EPA and DHA in fish oil are reasonably low, typically below 20w%, and levels of ALA are very low, typically below 1w% and therefore it may be considered useful to have enriched sources of these lipids.
- Fish oil FFAs or esters of the FFAs can be crystallised in the presence of urea.
- the PUFAs including omega-3 preferentially form an inclusion complex with the urea.
- a disadvantage of this process is that water immiscible organic solvents such as hexane are required to liberate the FFA from the inclusion complex.
- Fractional distillation of the ethyl ester of the FFA may also be used. to purify FFA derived from fish oil, but there is some indication that the ester is not as effective a source of PUFA as the triacylglceride.
- Methods for recombining FFA to reform glycerides are known.
- One method uses Upases but yields are often low arid reaction times can be as long as three days.
- Another method uses high temperatures and a catalyst such as a sodium or potassium soap to convert mixtures of FFAs and glycerol into glycerides but such a method is not suitable for PUFAs which tend to degrade under these reaction conditions.
- the present invention provides a method for enriching lipid substances in PUFAs the method comprising at least the steps: a. Reacting a lipid substance with alkali in the presence of water and a water miscible organic solvent to create a liquid containing solids; b. Removing the solids from the liquid; c. Recovering FFAs enriched in PUFAs from the liquid.
- the lipid substance is a fat or oil derived from vegetables or animals. More preferably, the lipid substance is fat or oil from fish and the method is for enriching the lipid substance in omega-3 fatty acids.
- the alkali is sodium hydroxide.
- the water miscible organic solvent is ethanol.
- the ratio of water to water miscibie organic solvent is between approximately 2.0 and approximately 0.05.
- the ratio of water to water miscible organic solvent is between approximately 0.7 and approximately 0.1 , more preferably between approximately 0.3 and approximately 0.1.
- the solids are removed by filtration.
- step a. includes: i. Mixing an aqueous solution of the alkali with the water miscible organic solvent to create an alkali and water miscible organic solvent mix; ii. Adding the lipid substance to the alkali and water miscible organic solvent mix iii. Stirring the lipid substance and alkali and water miscible organic solvent mix for an initial period so that an emulsion forms containing small droplets of the lipid substance in the solvent mix.
- the alkali is alternatively mixed directly with the water and water miscible organic solvent.
- an aqueous solution of the alkali is mixed with water and a water miscible organic solvent.
- stirring for an initial period occurs for approximately 10 minutes. More preferably the mix is further stirred for approximately 1 minute approximately every half an hour for approximately 2 hours.
- step a. is performed for a period of greater than approximately 4 hours.
- the method is conducted at a temperature of approximately 20 0 C or below.
- step a) the temperature of the liquid containing solids is reduced.
- the temperature of the liquid containing solids is reduced to approximately 5°C or less.
- step c. includes: i. neutralising the liquid with an acid, preferably HCI, H 2 SO 4 , or H 3 PO 4 ; and ii. recovering a water immiscible fraction containing FFAs.
- an acid preferably HCI, H 2 SO 4 , or H 3 PO 4 .
- step c. includes: iii. neutralising the liquid with an acid, preferably HCI, H 2 SO 4 , or H 3 PO 4 ; iv. removing the water miscible organic solvent from the liquid; v. washing the FFAs with water to form two immiscible fractions; vi. recovering the water immiscible fraction containing FFAs.
- an acid preferably HCI, H 2 SO 4 , or H 3 PO 4
- step c. includes: iii. neutralising the liquid with an acid, preferably HCI, H 2 SO 4 , or H 3 PO 4 ; iv. removing the water miscible organic solvent from the liquid; v. washing the FFAs with water to form two immiscible fractions; vi. recovering the water immiscible fraction containing FFAs.
- the water miscible organic solvent is removed or recovered from the liquid by evaporation, condensation and/or ultrafiltration.
- the solids removed during the method are washed with additional water miscible organic solvent to recover any additional or residual PUFA.
- the solids are washed or mixed with the water miscible organic solvent or a. mixture of water and water miscible organic solvent, the solids removed, and the remaining liquid recycled through the method steps mentioned above.
- the method of the first aspect further includes a first step of hydrolysing the lipid substance by one or more of high temperature hydrolysis with an oxide catalyst and use of an enzyme such as a lipase. - • ⁇
- the invention provides a method for enrichment of FFAs in
- PUFAs the method comprising at least the steps: a. neutralising FFAs with alkali in a water miscible organic solvent to create a liquid containing solids; b. Removing the solids from the liquid; c. Recovering FFAs enriched in PUFAs from the liquid.
- the alkali is dissolved in a water miscible organic solvent and/or water.
- the FFAs are dissolved in a water miscible organic solvent.
- step a involves adding the alkali and the FFAs separately and slowly to a water miscible organic solvent and gently stirring the mixture.
- the solids are removed following complete addition and mixing of the FFAs, alkali and water miscible organic solvent.
- the total quantity of water miscible organic solvent used in the method contains less than or equal to approximately 15% water or less than or equal to approximately 10% water.
- the method is conducted at a temperature such that the liquid containing solids is at a temperature of approximately 15°C or less.
- the invention provides a method for producing glycerides from FFAs the method comprising at least reacting FFAs with glycerol at temperatures of approximately 140 0 C or above and under a partial vacuum.
- the reaction occurs under a partial vacuum at a pressure of approximately 5OkPa or below. In one embodiment the reaction occurs under a partial vacuum at a pressure of approximately 1OkPa or below.
- the reaction occurs at temperatures of approximately 16O 0 C or above. In one embodiment the reaction occurs at a temperature of approximately 180 0 C or above.
- steps are taken to minimise or eliminate oxygen from the reaction.
- the FFAs and glycerol are rapidly stirred to break up the glycerol into small droplets, with any glycerol that evaporates being condensed and added back to the reaction.
- the FFAs are PUFAs, more preferably omega-3 fatty acids.
- the glycerides are mono- (MAG), di- (DAG) and/or tri-acylglycerides (TAG).
- MAG mono-
- DAG di-
- TAG tri-acylglycerides
- the method includes a means to control the ratio of TAG/DAG/MAG formed.
- the ratio of TAG/DAG/MAG is adjusted by altering the mol ratio of FFAs to glycerol where mol ratios of FFA/glucerol greater than approximately 2 favour formation of MAG and mol ratios of FFA/glycerol less than approximately 2 favour formation of TAG.
- the invention provides a method for producing lipid substances comprising glycerides enriched in PUFAs the method comprising at least the steps: a. hydrolysing a starting lipid substance including a level of glycerides comprising fatty acids to produce FFAs and glycerol; b. increasing the PUFA content of the FFAs to form FFAs enriched in PUFAs; c. reacting the FFAs enriched in PUFAs with glycerol to form glycerides.
- steps a. and b. employ a method of the first aspect of the invention.
- step c. employs a method of the third aspect of the invention.
- the invention provides lipid substances produced by a method of any one of the methods of the first to fourth aspects of the invention.
- omega-3 compositions comprising at least approximately 40% of the long chain FFA, that is EPA and DHA, and at least approximately 20% ALA.
- the omega-3 compositions comprise at least approximately 60% of the long chain FFA, that is EPA and DHA.
- the invention may also be said broadly to consist in the parts, elements and features referred to or indicated in the specification of the application, individually or collectively, in any or all combinations of two or more of said parts, elements or features, and where specific integers are mentioned herein which have known equivalents in the art to which the invention relates, such known equivalents are deemed to be incorporated herein as if individually set forth.
- the invention provides methods for enriching lipid substances in PUFAs, and methods for forming glycerides from FFAs, particularly PUFAs. It also provides methods for producing lipid substances comprising glycerides enriched in PUFAs the methods involving enrichment of a starting lipid substance in PUFAs followed by formation of glycerides therefrom.
- lipid substance is any substance or composition comprising at least lipids, which lipids include a level of PUFAs and/or derivatives thereof.
- lipids include a level of PUFAs and/or derivatives thereof.
- lipid substance will comprise a heterogenous mix of different lipids including PUFAs or derivatives thereof.
- the lipid substance includes a level of omega-3 fatty acids or derivatives thereof.
- a “derivative" of a fatty acid should be taken to include for example esters of the fatty acid and glycerides such as triacylglycerides, diacylglycerides and monoacylglycerides.
- a “lipid substance” includes fats and oils such as those derived from animals and vegetables.
- the "lipid substance” is an oil or fat obtained from fish or algae, particularly those that produce long chain omega-3 fatty acids.
- a lipid substance is FFAs derived from an oil or fat.
- the terms “enrich”, “enriched” and the like are used to refer to an increase in the proportion of a particular type of lipid or component relative to other lipids or components. The terms should not be taken to imply the particular lipid or component is completely isolated or purified from other lipids or components.
- a first embodiment of the invention is a method for enriching lipid substances in PUFAs, particularly omega-3s, by reacting a lipid substance, or FFAs derived from the lipid substance, with alkali in the presence of water and a water miscible organic solvent, removing the solids that form, and recovering the enriched PUFA fraction from the liquid fraction.
- the method comprises at least the steps: a. Reacting a lipid substance with alkali in the presence of water and a water miscible organic solvent to create a liquid containing solids; b. Removing the solids from the liquid; c. Recovering FFAs enriched in PUFAs from the liquid.
- the alkali used in the invention is preferably sodium hydroxide.
- any other appropriate alkali may be used; for example, potassium hydroxide.
- the water miscible organic solvent is ethanol.
- the inventor contemplates the use of other water miscible organic solvents such as isopropanol for example.
- the ratio of water to water miscible organic solvent is between approximately 2.0 and approximately 0.05 (w/w). In one preferred embodiment the ratio of water to water miscible organic solvent is between approximately 0.7 to approximately 0.1 (w/w), more preferably between approximately 0.3 to approximately 0.1 (w/w). In a particular embodiment the ratio of water to water miscible organic solvent is approximately 0.1 or approximately 0.2 (w/w).
- the "ratio of water to water miscible solvent” is the ratio of the total water present in the reaction to organic solvent present in the reaction.
- the solids are removed by filtration, with the enriched PUFAs contained in the supernatant. Alternative means of removing solids may be used, for example centrifugation. S
- the alkali, water, water miscible organic solvent and lipid may be combined or mixed in any order.
- the alkali is first dissolved in a water and water miscible organic solvent mixture and then the lipid substance- is added.
- an aqueous solution of the alkali is mixed with. the water0 . miscible organic solvent and then the lipid substance is added.
- an aqueous solution of the alkali is mixed with the water miscible organic solvent and water and then the lipid substance is added.
- the mixture is preferably stirred so that an emulsion forms containing small droplets (for example, droplets of approximately 2mm in diameter) of the lipid substance in the water miscible organic5 solvent.
- the mixture is preferably stirred for approximately 10 min. It can also be beneficial, for example, to completely stir the mixture for approximately 1min every 0,5h for the next 2h, preferably stirring gently or being careful not to stir so vigorously as to break up the solid particles into a finer emulsion. In a preferred embodiment, the entire reaction is performed for a time greater than approximately 4h. 0
- the method is conducted at a temperature of approximately 20 0 C or below.
- the temperature of the resultant liquid containing solids is reduced.
- the temperature of the liquid containing5 solids is reduced to approximately 5°C or less. This may aid in obtaining a higher purity product.
- the inventor contemplates the use of a catalyst to speed hydrolysis during the reaction.
- other components could be added to the reaction mix where appropriate.
- catalytic enzymes such as lipases that hydrolyse lipids, or oxides such as calcium oxides could be used.
- a number of methods may be used to recover the FFA's from, the supernatant or liquid fraction.
- the solvent may be removed (or optionally recovered), by evaporation and condensation, ultrafiltration or any other known method. Alternatively, the solvent may be removed in part or in full before neutralisation, or the solvent may not be removed at all.
- the FFA after neutralisation and removal of the solvent (if any) the FFA can be washed with water to remove salt and glycerol, and the FFAs which are non-miscible with water and lighter than water, can be recovered by any method of separating two immiscible liquids.
- the solids removed during the method are washed with additional water miscible organic solvent to recover any additional or residual PUFA present therein.
- the FFAs enriched in PUFA can be recovered from the water miscible organic solvent as described above, or preferably the FFA in the water miscible organic solvent can be cycled through the process again.
- the next batch would use the method as described but some of the solvent would be supplied from the water miscible organic solvent used to wash the solids of the previous batch.
- the inventor contemplates that the first step in the method could include the lipid substance being hydrolysed using - techniques such as high temperature hydrolysis with an oxide catalyst, by the use of enzymes such as lipases or other appropriate methods rather than by the direct use of alkali.
- the FFAs formed from this reaction could then be processed through the steps mentioned herein before (i.e. mixing with proportions of alkali, water and a water miscible solvent and the solids formed removed leaving a supernatant enriched in PUFAs).
- the method of this embodiment of the invention may have advantages over conventional methods in its simplicity, its high recovery of PUFAs from triglycerides and the relatively high increase in PUFA content observed after application of the method.
- the invention also provides a method, for increasing the PUFA content of FFAs by reacting FFAs with alkali, in a water miscible organic solvent, together with optional amounts of additional water, removing the solids, preferably by filtration, and recovering the enriched FFA's from the supernatant.
- the method is for further enrichment of FFAs enriched in PUFAs recovered from the method of the first embodiment of the invention.
- the alkali which is dissolved in a water miscible organic solvent and/or water
- the FFA which optionally may be dissolved in a water miscible organic solvent
- the stirring is slow to allow slow cyrstalisation to occur.
- the total quantity of water miscible organic solvent used in the reaction preferably contains approximately less than or equal to 15% water, more preferably less than or equal to. approximately 10% water.
- the alkali dissolved in a water miscible organic solvent
- the FFAs optionally dissolved in a water miscible organic solvent
- a temperature of approximately 15°C or less the reaction is continued at that temperature.
- the solids that are separated during this method may preferably be added to a lipid substance followed by processing through the method of the first embodiment of the invention.
- the solids could, be added to FFAs and recycled through the method of this second embodiment. This allows for the reprocessing of any PUFAs, particularly any omega-3s, that may have been trapped in the solid phase.
- the second embodiment of the invention is exemplified in Examples 2, 6, and 7b herein after.
- the method of this embodiment of the invention may have advantages over conventional methods in its simplicity, its high recovery of PUFAs and the relatively high increase in PUFA content observed after application of the method.
- a process to produce glycerides particularly monoacylglycerides (MAG), diacylglycerides (DAG), and triacylglycerides (TAG) mixtures of various compositions by reacting FFAs with glycerol at temperatures at or above approximately 14O 0 C, under a partial vacuum.
- the FFAs are the FFAs enriched in PUFAs obtained from the methods of the first or second embodiments of the invention.
- the reaction occurs under a partial vacuum at a pressure of approximately 50 kPa or below.
- the reaction may occur under a partial vacuum at a pressure of approximately 10kPa or below.
- the reaction occurs at temperatures of approximately 160°C. or above.
- the reaction occurs at a temperature of approximately; 18O 0 C or above.
- the reaction occurs under a partial vacuum at a pressure of approximately 50 kPa or below and at temperatures of approximately 160 0 C or above.
- steps are taken to minimise or eliminate oxygen from the reaction.
- steps can include applying the partial pressure under an inert gas such as nitrogen or argon.
- the reaction mixture is stirred rapidly (or otherwise treated) so that the glycerol is broken up into small droplets in the mixture.
- any glycerol that evaporates is- condensed and added back into the reaction mixture.
- ultrasound is used to break up the glycerol into small droplets in the mixture. Skilled persons may readily appreciate alternative means to achieve this result. .
- the ratio of TAG/DAG/MAG formed is adjusted by altering the mol ratio of FFAs to glycerol, .with mol ratios of FFA/glycerol greater than approximately 2 favouring formation of MAG while ratios less than 2 favouring formation of TAG.
- the third embodiment of the invention is exemplified in Examples 9 to 16 herein after.
- the methods of this embodiment of the invention may have one or more of the following advantages: simple to perform; result in high yields without decomposition of the PUFAs and without lengthy reaction times.
- a method of a fourth embodiment of the invention involves producing lipid substances comprising glycerides (particularly TAGs) enriched in PUFAs, by first hydrolysing a starting lipid substance which includes glycerides comprising FFAs to produce FFA and glycerol, increasing the PUFA content of the FFA, and then reacting the FFAs enriched in PUFAs with glycerol to form glycerides, which are a mixture of mono-, di- or tri- acylglycerides.
- Hydrolyses of the lipid may be by any method and enriching the PUFA content of the FFA may be by any method, but preferably it is by the methods of the first or second embodiments of the invention.
- Reformation of the glycerides from the FFA containing the enriched PUFA content may be by any method, but preferably it is by the method described in the third embodiment of the invention.
- the method of this embodiment of the invention may have advantages over current methods as those methods may not give a high recovery of the PUFA since the saturated and unsaturated FFAs are mostly on the same triglycerides as the PUFAs.
- the fourth embodiment of the invention can be exemplified- by Examples 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 combined with any one of Examples 9, 10, 11 , 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 herein after.
- the invention relates to novel omega-3 compositions formed from FFAs enriched in omega-3s, where the combined EPA and DHA content of the oil is at least approximately 40% and at least approximately 20% is ALA.
- Such compositions are exemplified in Example 16 herein after.
- the omega-3 composition has a combined EPA and DHA content of at least approximately 60%.
- compositions may find use as functional oils in processed foods and as health supplements. They could be coated, encapsulated or microencapsulated to hinder oxidation. Encapsulation could include gel encapsulation to form a dietary pill or microencapsulation to form a product that could be used in processed foods.
- the compositions are produced by a method of the invention.
- the FFAs enriched in PUFAs obtained from the methods of the invention may be further purified by known methods such as distillation, fractional cyrstallisation or formation of a urea complex. It will be appreciated they may be further purified using a method of the invention. Further, the mixtures of DAG, MAG and TAG obtained by a method of the invention may be further purified into their individual components by molecular distillation for example.
- salts of the FFAs obtained by the methods of the invention may be formed as desired for certain applications.
- the calcium salt of the FFA be formed.
- the following method was developed for determining the total amount of PUFA in a sample of FFA. Approximately 50 ⁇ L of FFA is added to exactly 50 ml of ethanol in an A grade volumetric flask. A Hamilton pipette is used to transfer accurately 100 ⁇ L of the FFA/ethanol solution to a tube and exactly 4 ml of water is added followed by a drop of HCI (5 ⁇ L, 0.1 M). The adsorption at 200 nm is recorded soon afterwards. The blank for the determination is 100 ⁇ L of ethanol in exactly 4 ml of water and HCI (5 ⁇ L, 0.1 M). The ' measurement is compared to a standard with a similar PUFA content where the PUFA content of the standard has been determined by GC as described above Solvents
- the ethanol used in the experiments was food-grade with an ethanol content of about 95 % and a water content of about 5 %.
- the oil (-100 g) was reacted with 10 % mol excess of NaOH (50 w% in water) for 1 h. The mixture was neutralised with HCI and then washed with water. The oily FFA layer was separated and retained.
- the solids produced were porous and readily filtered under vacuum. After filtering, the ethanol was evaporated from the supernatant and the oily residue acidified with HCI (22 ml, 37 %) in water (200 ml) and the yellow oily FFA was separated using a separating funnel, after having been washed several times with water. Analysis indicated that the omega-3 content of the FFA was about 65 %, and the overall recovery of the omega-3 FFA found in the original oil was about 78 %.
- Solution a) was formed from NaOH (0.65 g) dissolved in ethanol (4.7g).
- Solution b) was formed from purified FFA (5 g) from example 1 dissolved in ethanol (2.5 g).
- Solution a) and b) were separately pumped, using a Biochem Valve micro-diaphragm pump over a period of 2 h, in about equal molar portions, to a gently (to help prevent formation of a finer emulsion) stirred solution of ethanol ( 5 g) and water (0.2 ml), at 10 0 C. Solids started to form after about 10min of reaction. The solids were filtered and the supernatant was acidified as per Example 1, to recover the FFA. Omega-3 content of the purified FFA was determined by GC to be 76 %, with a recovery of the omega-3 content of about 65 %.
- Solids (30 g) were filtered from a reaction similar to that described in Example 2, that is NaOH (9.5g, 2% excess) in ethanol (70ml) was added dropwise to FFA (65.2g) in ethanol (50ml) at room temperature. The solids were recovered and mixed with hot ethanol (70 ml) at 60°C and the mixture was cooled to 2 0 C and left for 2 h. Filtering the solids yielded another 5.1 g of purified FFA from the supernatant having a PUFA content of about 75 %, as estimated by UV spectroscopy.
- Hoki liver oil (15Og) was stirred with ethanol (30Og) for 10min. NaOH (43.95g, 50w% in water) was added and the mixture stirred rapidly for 5 min, to give a clear solution. The temperature of the solution was kept below about 20 0 C. After about 10 min. curds started to form. The mixture was left another 5h to complete the reaction. The solids that formed were filtered on a 55um nylon mesh in a basket centrifuge. Yield of wet solids was 215g having an ethanol content of 36%. The supernatant was neutralised with HCI (22 ml, 37%) and the oily layer separated after washing several times with water. Based on UV- spectroscopy results and the yield of the FFA it was estimated that the recovery of PUFA was at least 80% and that the PUFA content was at least 63%.
- Hoki liver Oil 100 g was mixed with ethanol (30Og) for 10 min. 3Og NaOH (50 w% in water) was added and the mixture left for 4 h to react. The mixture was cooled at -16°C for 16h. This solids were separated on a basket centrifuge. The yield of solid was 127.9 g having a liquid content is 39.8 %. The yield of supernatant was 273 g. Analysis by GC gave the long chain omega-3 content as 46%.
- Example 6 An enriched FFA (11.5 g) fraction isolated by the method described in example 4 was mixed with ethanol (12 g) and NaOH (3.35 g, 50w% in water) and the ethanol evaporated. An additional aliquot of ethanol (20 g) was added and the mixture heated to 7O 0 C. The solution was kept at -15 0 C overnight. The solids were filtered on 55 um mesh. The yield of wet solids was 12g having a liquid content of 43%. The supernatant was neutralised with HCI and the oily layer was separated' from the water layer and washed several times with water. The yeild of enriched FFA was 3.Og and the amount of long chain omega-3 ' was determined by GC to be 78 %.
- a mixture of MAG, DAG and TAG was formed by stirring and heating at 61 0 C a mixture of linseed oil (51 g), a lipase (Lipozyme TLJM from Novo Nordisk) (2g) and adding drop-wise glycerol (1 ml) over a period of 1 h. The reaction mixture was then reacted for a further 15h at 61 0 C. 13 C NMR analysis of the reaction mixture indicated that the ratio of MAG:DAG:TAG:glycerol was about 25:27:33:35. The reaction mixture was mixed with water to remove glycerol and the top layer separated.
- the top layer was then mixed with ethanokwater in a ratio of approximately 4:1 by volume (20ml) and set aside to separate. Two layers formed.
- the top MAG-enriched layer was recovered using a separating funnel.
- the ratio of MAG/DAG was shown by NMR to be about 9/1 with only small amounts of TAG detected.
- Safflower FFA were isolated from safflower oil by hydrolysis with alkaline sodium hydroxide, followed by neutralisation with HCI, washing the free FFA with water, before separating the FFA from the water phase.
- the FFAs (0.826g) were reacted with 1/3 mol ratio of glycerol (91 mg) at 210°C, with rapid stirring and under a partial vacuum of about
- Example 12 Codliver oil FFA isolated from codliver oil by hydrolysis with alkaline sodium hydroxide, followed by neutralisation with HCI, wasing the free FFA with water and separating the FFA from the water phase.
- the FFAs were placed in a round bottom flask and distilled under high vacuum (0.1 Torr) on a silicon oil bath.
- a first fraction containing mainly C16 FFA's was collected at 142°C.
- a second fraction containing mostly C16 FFA's was collected at 15O 0 C and a third fraction containing mostly EPA and DHA was collected at 158 to 164°C.
- the third fraction was retained and used in Examples 13 to 17.
- Example 17 A calcium salt of enriched FFA was formed. Ca(OH) 2 (25 mg) is dispersed in water (5 ml) and enriched codliver FFA (200 mg) added. White stringy precipitate forms which was removed by filtration.
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