Complete fatty acid analysis data of flaxseed oil using GC-FID method

Mohammed Danish; Maniruddin Nizami

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103845

Complete fatty acid analysis data of flaxseed oil using GC-FID method

Data Brief. 2019 Mar 19:23:103845. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103845. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Authors

Mohammed Danish¹, Maniruddin Nizami²

Affiliations

¹ Green Chemistry & Sustainable Engineering Technology Research Cluster, Bioengineering Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering Technology, Lot 1988, KPBV, Taboh Naning, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia.
² Australian Laboratory Services Arabia Co. Ltd., PO Box 9692, Dammam 31423, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The data presented in this article were generated through the gas chromatography (GC) with a flame ionization detector (FID). The flaxseed oil was converted into fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) then used in the GC with FID and observe the retention time of different fatty acid present in the flaxseed oil. The observed retention time was compared with the standard fatty acid to confirm the specific fatty acid presence in the flaxseed oil. The part of the data is used in the article "Optimization of the process variable for biodiesel production by transesterification of flaxseed oil and produced biodiesel characterizations" Renewable Energy journal (Ahmad et al., 2019).

Keywords: Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME); Fatty acids; Flaxseed oil; Gas chromatography; Trans-fats.