PL composition of DL and HL sunflower lecithins by 31P NMR
PL type
Percentage of total PL
PL/L (g/100 g)
DL
HL
DL
HL
PC
36
17.98
22.98
12.5
1-LPC
nd
1.58
nd
0.74
2-LPC
1.2
17.52
0.53
8.15
PI
31.6
27.36
21.89
20.63
LPI
nd
nd
nd
nd
PS-Na
0.5
nd
0.33
nd
PE
15.4
10.56
9.27
6.91
LPE
1.2
8.3
0.48
3.52
N-aPE
1.5
nd
1.22
nd
PG
1.8
nd
1.14
nd
DPG
0.7
nd
0.41
nd
PA
9.1
3.8
5.15
2.35
LPA
0.4
5.68
0.13
2.2
Other PLs
0.5
7.23
0.32
5.03
Total
100
100
63.85
62.03
Coefficient of variation < 4%. L: lecithin average values of two replicates; nd: no signal assignment; LPI: lysophosphatidylinositol; PS-Na: phosphatidylserine-Na; N-aPE: n-acyl-PE; PG: phosphatidylglycerol; DPG: diphosphatidylglycerol
Declarations
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank the donation of chia seed oil sunflower lecithins (Lasenor Emul S.L., Spain). The authors are also grateful to Flavio Accinelli (Bio Esanco S.A., Argentina), Mariela Fernández, and her working group (CETMIC, Argentina) for their technical assistance, particularly in measuring emulsion stability and zeta potential, respectively.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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Funding
This work was supported by Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) [11/X907]; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) [PIP 2007]; Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica [PICT 2020-1274, PICT 2019-01775]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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