Milk lipids were determined with accelerated solvent extraction method using
Dionex ASE 350 system (Thermo Scientific, Dreieich, Germany) with petroleum ether in isopropanol (2:1) as solvent. Methyl esterification of FA was carried out according to Palmquist and Jenkins (2003) with a basic or acid reaction. Fatty acid separation and quantification were performed by a Agilent 7820A GC System equipped with an automatic sampler G4567A (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA) and flame ionization detector. The column used was a Supelco
Omegawax capillary column (30 m in length, 0.25-mm inner diameter and a film thickness of 0.25 μm; Supelco, Bellefonte, PA). Temperatures of injector and flame ionization detector were set at 250°C. Oven temperature was initially 50°C for 2 min, increased at 4°C/min to 220°C, and held for 18 min. Hydrogen was the carrier gas and its flow was set at 1 mL/min with average speed of 21 cm/s. Fatty acid standard Supelco FAME mixC4-C24 #18919-1AMP (Sigma-Aldrich, Castle Hill, Australia) was analyzed before GC analysis for FA identification. Determination of FA values was obtained using
GC ChemStation software (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA) and were expressed both as total identified FA and on a milk basis. Individual FA were C4:0, C6:0, C8:0, C12:0, C14:0, C16:0, C16:1n-7, C18:0, and C18:1n-9, and groups of FA were SFA, UFA, MUFA, and PUFA.
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