High‐speed analysis of the major components of fatty acid methyl esters by capillary gas chromatography

We tested different column temperatures and carrier gas linear velocities in a capillary GC system with a high-resolution column, DB-23, to determine the shortest run time for analyzing the major components of a fatty acid methyl ester sample from any lipid source. Depending on the sample, the run time is 2 min or less. Commercially-available high-resolution columns can be used without modification.