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IN order to study some aspects of nematode metabolism, we found it necessary to analyse quantitatively single small samples of mixed fatty acids which varied in constitution from acetic to octanoic. The only quantitative method reported1 is time-consuming and unsuitable for a large number of analyses. It has now been possible to extend the procedures described by Ramsey and Patterson2 and Elsden3, so that a single sample containing the acids mentioned above can be analysed in two hours.
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FAIRBAIRN, D., HARPUR, R. Chromatographic Separation of the Saturated C2–C8 Fatty Acids from a Single Small Sample. Nature 166, 789–790 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166789b0
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