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Folks

A quick and dirty question, and expecting quick and dirty answers!

From the collective experience of FISH-SCI, what is the minimum mass of fish muscle that can be used to get a reliable estimate of lipid content via the Soxhlet-extraction process?
We are extracting lipid from European eels, where lipid can vary from 10-40%.

All the best

Chris

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Dr Chris Harrod
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Queen's University Belfast
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