IMPROVED QUANTITATIVE C-13 NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF GRADES OF VIRGIN OLIVE OILS - THE NORMAL RANGES FOR DIGLYCERIDES IN OLIVE OIL
G. Vlahov, IMPROVED QUANTITATIVE C-13 NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF GRADES OF VIRGIN OLIVE OILS - THE NORMAL RANGES FOR DIGLYCERIDES IN OLIVE OIL, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 73(9), 1996, pp. 1201-1203
A quantitative method was established to determine the presence and co
mposition of mono-, di-, and triglycerides of olive oils of superior g
rade via C-13 NMR. The total diglyceride content and the ratio of sn-1
,2- and sn-1,3-diglycerides in extra virgin oils extracted from differ
ent alive cultivars were correlated with maturity. The correlation can
be applied to identify the oils by variety. No monoglycerides were de
tected in the oils examined.