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However, the discrimination of FAs is difficult from a chemical sensing perspective due to the lack of diversity in terms of functional groups. Until now, only a few chemosensors have been developed for selective sensing of FAs based on their overall shape, however they are still limited in discrimination of FAs with subtle structural differences, moreover, they cannot be used for rapid and in situ inspections. Herein, for the first time, we designed a test paper for in situ colorimetric inspection for FAs based on the combination of the highly selective binding of Ag+ to olefinic bonds and Ag+ mediated color variation of 3,3\u2032,5,5\u2032,-tetramethylbenzidine. As a result, the sensor exhibited high sensitivity and good selectivity for five FAs with subtle structural differences. Furthermore, our method described herein was successfully applied to monitor the structural variations of FAs and quality changes in mixture edible hot pot oils with heat treatment in time course. Hence, the test paper presented herein holds great potential in the inspection of fats and edible oils in food industries.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18103252","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,28]],"date-time":"2018-09-28T02:54:54Z","timestamp":1538103294000},"page":"3252","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Test Paper for Colorimetric Inspection of Fatty Acids and Edible Oils"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Feng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaojie","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xu","family":"Jie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6363-3591","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Weili","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"153","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cmet.2013.05.017","article-title":"Cellular Fatty Acid Metabolism and Cancer","volume":"18","author":"Currie","year":"2013","journal-title":"Cell Metab."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"14094","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules190914094","article-title":"20 Years of Fatty Acid Analysis by Capillary Electrophoresis","volume":"19","author":"Porto","year":"2014","journal-title":"Molecules"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Brouwer, I.A., Wanders, A.J., and Katan, M.B. 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