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SUBSTANCES other than malonaldehyde give a characteristic pink coloration on heating with aqueous thiobarbituric acid (TBA). One such substance produced by photolysis of linolenic acid was tentatively assigned an unsaturated carbonyl component1.
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WELLS, A. Photolysis of Benzene in Cyclohexane: a Water-soluble Product giving a Positive Thiobarbituric Acid Test. Nature 204, 182–183 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204182a0
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