2.1. Chemicals and reagents
Algal oil was purchased from Baoding Faithful Industry Co. (Baoding,
China). Monolaurin was purchased from Inspired Nutrition (Salem, OR,
USA), and the MAG/DAG mixture used was Grindsted®Mono-Di HV52 K-A, purchased from Danisco USA Inc.®(New Century, KS, USA). Ryoto™ Sugar Ester: S-1570,
S-1170, and S-970 (with HLB values 15,11, and 9, respectively) were
obtained from Mitsubishi-Kagaku Foods Corporation (Tokyo, Japan).
Tween® 80 was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Chemical
Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA). All other reagents and solvents were of
analytical or HPLC grades and were purchased from Fisher Chemical (Fair
Lawn, NJ, USA), Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Co. and J. T. Baker Chemical Co.
(Phillipsburg, NJ, USA). All materials mentioned were used without
further purification steps.