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Journal of Lipids
Volume 2018, Article ID 3679247, 8 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3679247
Research Article

Identification and Quantification of Fatty Acids in T. viridissima, C. biguttulus, and C. brunneus by GC-MS

Alexander M. Wathne, Hanne Devle, Carl Fredrik Naess-Andresen, and Dag Ekeberg

Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway

Correspondence should be addressed to Alexander M. Wathne; moc.liamg@enhtawnitramrednaxela

Received 27 July 2017; Revised 12 January 2018; Accepted 4 February 2018; Published 28 February 2018

Academic Editor: Maurizio Averna

Copyright © 2018 Alexander M. Wathne et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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