Robotic Workstation for the Preparation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Chromatographic Science
- Vol. 25 (5) , 219-222
- https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/25.5.219
Abstract
A robotic workstation and a Zymate Laboratory Automation System robot are used to convert giyceride samples to fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) for subsequent gas chromatographic analysis. The robot uses the transesterification procedure with sodium methoxide to prepare the methyl esters. Groups of 24 samples can be automatically prepared with this system. The FAME are in dilute hexane solution and ready for analysis by capillary gas chromatography.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit: