Preventive Nutrition and Food Science

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Preparation of a Large Quantity of CIS-9, trans-11 and trans-10, cis-12 Conjugated Linoleic Acid(CLA) Isomers from SYnthetic CLA

  • Kim, Seck-Jong (Division of Applied Chemistry and Food Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Park, Kyung-Ah (Division of Applied Chemistry and Food Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Park, Jung-H.Y. (Division of Life Sciences Hallym Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Ok (HK Mushroom Culture Co.,) ;
  • Ha, Yeong-Lae (Gyeongsang National University)
  • Published : 2000.06.01
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Abstract

Conjugated linoleic acid(CLA) refers to a collective term of positional and geometric isomers of linoleic acid, which are different in their biological activities. The predominant isomer of CLA in animal tissues is cis-9, trans-11; smaller amounts of trans-10, cis-12 CLA isomers, CLA methyl ester (CLA-ME) was chemically syn-thesized from linoleic acid by the alkaline isomerization method. The synthetic CLA-ME, mainly composed of cis-9, trans-11 CLA and trans-10, cis-12 CLA, was dissolved in acetone, stored at 68$^{\circ}C$ for 1 day, and the supernatant(cis-9, trans-11 CLA-Me) was separated from the precipitate (trans-10, cis-12 CLA-Me). After the processes were repeated three times at -68$^{\circ}C$, the whole processes were repeated three times at -71$^{\circ}C$ in order to increase the purity of these two isomers. The cis-9, trans-11 CLA-Me and trans-10, cis-12 CLA isomers were further purified by the urea adduct. Purities of the cis-9, trans-11 CLA-Me and trans-10, cis-12 CLA-Me were 90.3 and 99.9%, respec-tively. This method could be employed for the preparation of a large quantity of highly purified cis-9, trans-11 CLA-Me or trans-10, cis-12 CLA-Me from synthetic CLA-Me.

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