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Glyceryl ether containing lipids of whole brains from germ‐free and conventional rats
Author(s) -
Hagen PerOtto
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/bf02533032
Subject(s) - lipidology , ether , chemistry , germ , clinical chemistry , composition (language) , aldehyde , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology , catalysis , linguistics , philosophy , microbiology and biotechnology
Abstract The percentage alkyl and alk‐1’‐enyl glyceryl ethers of the polar lipids isolated from germ‐free and conventional rat brain tissue has been determined. No difference could be detected in the quantity of the ether‐containing lipids in these animals. Similarly, the composition of the aldehydic chain of the alk‐1’‐enyl glyceryl ethers from germ‐free and conventional rat brain tissue was shown to be the same. The microbial flora, therefore, do not influence either the quantity of the ether‐containing lipids or the composition of the aldehyde chain of the alk‐1’‐enyl glyceryl ethers in the rat brain.