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The component fatty acids of elephant seal oil: The distribution in the body
Author(s) -
Winter G.,
Nunn W. J.
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740011006
Subject(s) - blubber , elephant seal , seal (emblem) , component (thermodynamics) , biology , food science , chemistry , zoology , geography , physics , archaeology , thermodynamics
Abstract The detailed analyses of blubber fats from three parts of the body of an elephant seal are reported. The similarity of the results show that there is reasonable uniformity in the distribution of the fatty acids throughout the blubber.