Application

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Nervonic acid may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of nervonic acid in:Berry seed extract samples by gas chromatography equipped with mass spectrometer detector (GC-MSD).Human blood by isotope-dilution gas chromatography-negative chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (ID-GC-NCI-MS).Human plasma samples employed in the clinical smoking cessation study by GC combined with time-of-flight mass spectrometry operating under the electron ionization (EI) mode.Brain tissue samples by GC-MS.

General description

Nervonic acids are the products of desaturation and elongation processes of various fatty acids such as palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, etc.