What is the best method for breaking down long chain fatty acids in oily effluents?

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Alexandra Yurevna Lyudinina

the best method, I think, it is hydrolysis of a alkali.

B.K.T. Samarasiri

Thank you! Can you suggest some laboratory scale hydrolysis techniques to break down long chain fatty acids in oily effluents?

I take it is ecological areal, but i study FA in the blood. Maybe this article will need you.