Tag: Nmr

Multiple methods, including chemical and instrumental techniques, help identify saturated fatty acids. These methods range from simple tests like iodine value determination to advanced instrumental analysis such as gas chromatography, offering accurate ways to analyze and quantify saturated fats.

According to a 2018 review in *IntechOpen*, thousands of individual lipid molecular species exist in cells, making comprehensive analysis challenging. A range of advanced analytical tools, from mass spectrometry to nuclear magnetic resonance, helps to identify the lipid structure with high precision and accuracy by revealing details about fatty acyl chains, headgroups, and stereochemistry.

Over 75,000 research articles have been published on metabolomics since 1993, highlighting its growth as a critical scientific field. This research relies on understanding what are the two types of metabolomics, known as targeted and untargeted, which use distinct approaches to analyze metabolites.