This standard is applicable to arachidonic acid (ARA) oil made through biological fermentation using the strain of mortierlla alpina.
2 Structural Formula and Relative Molecular Mass
2.1 Structural formula
2.2 Relative molecular mass
304.5 (As per 2007 international relative atomic mass)
3 Technical Requirements
3.1 Sensory requirements: shall comply with those specified in Table 1.
Table 1 Sense Requirements
Item Requirement Inspection method
Color and luster Pale yellow Take 10mL of the specimen and place it in a test tube; visually inspect its color, luster and appearance under natural light and inspect its odor by smelling with nose
Odor With the odor specific to such product
Structural state Oily liquid
3.2 Physical and chemical indexes: shall compy with those specified in Table 2.
