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Lipids of bovine thyroid
Author(s) -
Satyaswaroop P. G.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02531526
Subject(s) - phospholipid , biochemistry , microsome , organelle , lipidology , clinical chemistry , composition (language) , chemistry , subcellular localization , fatty acid , chromatography , biology , cytoplasm , enzyme , membrane , linguistics , philosophy
The lipid composition of the freshly slaughtered bovine thyroid tissue has been investigated. The phospholipid patterns of microsomal and mitochondrial fractions obtained from homogenates of bovine thyroids have also been determined. They resemble the phospholipid composition of the corresponding subcellular fractions from other tissues. The fatty acid composition of the various phospholipid species of these subcellular components have also been estimated by gas liquid chromatography. These analyses reveal that the fatty acids are not particularly characteristic of the subcellular organelle but tend to be characteristic of the lipid species. There is a high percentage of nervonic acid (C24∶1) in all the subcellular phospholipid species examined.