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The composition and structure of the lipids of sheep lymph
Author(s) -
Christie William W.,
Hunter Margaret L.
Publication year - 1978
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.2740290506
Subject(s) - phosphatidylcholine , phospholipid , phosphatidylethanolamine , sphingomyelin , phosphatidylinositol , palmitic acid , chemistry , lysophosphatidylcholine , composition (language) , lymph , biochemistry , fatty acid , food science , cholesterol , membrane , linguistics , philosophy , kinase , psychiatry , psychology
Abstract Phosphatidylcholine was the principal phospholipid component in the intestinal lymph of sheep and was accompanied by small amounts of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, lysophosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin. Stereo‐specific analysis of the triacylglycerols confirmed that palmitic acid was concentrated in position sn ‐2 and showed that there was a higher proportion of the remaining saturated fatty acids in position sn ‐1 than in position sn ‐3. In the phosphatidylcholine, saturated fatty acids were concentrated in position sn ‐1 and unsaturated in position sn ‐2, contrary to an earlier report.