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Glycerol core aldehydes (GCAs) are toxins widely formed in oils at high temperature. This study investigated the effects of frying time, temperature, and Fe3+ content on the GCAs formation in high-oleic sunflower oil. The results showed that the GCAs (8-oxo, 9-oxo, 10-oxo-8, 11-oxo-9) concentrations increased with time following the pseudo-first-order kinetics. Frying at 160 °C without Fe3+ and at 180 °C with 0.0005 mol·L-1 Fe3+ yielded the lowest and highest total GCA content. The concentrations of GCAs (8-oxo) and GCAs (9-oxo) or GCAs (10-oxo-8) and GCAs (11-oxo-9) changed similarly with different frying temperature and Fe3+ concentration. The major GCAs was GCAs (9-oxo) (40-70%), which also had the highest formation rate (5.42 × 10-4 mg·g-1·h-1). However, GCA (10-oxo-8) and GCAs (11-oxo-9) with similar proportion (ca. 10-20%) and GCAs (8-oxo) made up the least proportions (<10%).