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Egg Yolk Walnut Mass of lipid source (g) 1.0105g 0.987g Volume of lipid extract (lower phase) (ml) 0.5ml 2ml Mass of empty crucible (g) 71.734g

Egg Yolk

Walnut

Mass of lipid source (g)

1.0105g

0.987g

Volume of lipid extract (lower phase) (ml)

0.5ml

2ml

Mass of empty crucible (g)

71.734g

64.22g

Mass of crucible with dry total lipids (g)

71.806g

64.732g

A) Which of the two sources contains more lipid in g/g (lipid source)?

B) Calculate the % cholesterol in the total lipid content Egg Yolk and Walnut samples. (Molecular weight of cholesterol = 386.66gmol-1) given 0.537 = 0.0674x + 0.1554 = 5.66 nM Conc. Of cholesterol in egg yolk

C) Do your answers coincide with literature values?

literature value ->LARGE EGG YOLK= 186mg cholesterol

If not, can you suggest a reason why.

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