Silver Ion TLC of Minor Triacylglycerol Components for Unambiguous Detection of Adulteration of Olive Oil With Vegetable Oils

Abstract

& An analytical approach for detection of low levels of adulteration of virgin olive oil with highly unsaturated vegetable oils by Ag-TLC is proposed. It is based on determination of the component TAG classes of the suspicious oil in two stages -analysis of the total oil and detailed analysis of the amount of minor polyunsaturated TAG classes, without the