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The occurrence of the chick pericardial edema factor in some oleic acids and products derived therefrom
Author(s) -
Ames Stanley R.,
Swanson William J.,
Ludwig Marion I.,
Brokaw George Y.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02631232
Subject(s) - oleic acid , edema , chemistry , glycerol , fatty acid , distillation , chromatography , biochemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , surgery
Summary A number of samples of commercially‐prepared (U.S.P.) oleic acids and glycerol esters of oleic acids were shown to contain a material which produces pericardial edema in chicks. The active material was concentrated from either the oleic acid or the glycerol mono‐ester by molecular distillation. Four of the 11 samples of oleic acid were inactive; this indicates that the pericardial edema is not caused by the fatty acid itself but by an incidental material in the fatty acid.