TABLE VIII

Average Concentrations of Organic Acids in Ethanol Extracts from Filterab

Retention Time (min.)Fatty Acids in Butyl Ester FormCalibration Curve (r2)Standard Check Used (ppm)Standard Check Results (ppm)LOD (ppm)LOQ (ppm)Concentrations of Acids From Ethanol Extracts (ppm)
8.241Ethanedioic acid, dibutyl ester (Oxalic)0.99610.1000.1050.0010.0100.161
9.463Propanedioic acid, dibutyl ester (Malonic)0.99930.2500.2740.0010.0100.103
10.496Dodecanoic acid, butyl ester (Lauric)0.99880.2500.2710.0100.0250.234
10.653Butanedioic acid, butyl ester (Succinic)0.99990.1000.1120.0010.0100.166
12.442Tetradecanoic acid, butyl ester (Myristate)0.99980.2500.2630.0100.0250.085
14.376Hexadecanoic acid, butyl ester (Palmitic)0.99850.5000.5500.0010.0100.612
16.851Octadecanoic acid, butyl ester (Stearic)0.99250.1000.1010.0010.0501.23
18.6201,4-Benzendicarboxylic acid, bis(2-methylpropyl) ester0.99760.7500.7770.0100.0252.24
  • a The peak at 10.229 min in Figure 3 was not an ester but 1-Dodecanol.

  • b The peak at 14.026 min in Figure 3 was the added standard, palmitic acid-d31.