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Composition of Lipids in Some Beef Muscles
Author(s) -
HORNSTEIN I.,
CROWE P. F.,
HINER R.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1967.tb00856.x
Subject(s) - phospholipid , triglyceride , polyunsaturated fatty acid , palmitic acid , fatty acid , chemistry , biochemistry , composition (language) , food science , biology , cholesterol , membrane , linguistics , philosophy
SUMMARY— The lipids extracted from five different muscles of four Angus steers were separated into phospholipids, free fatty acids, and a fraction containing the triglycerides. The phospholipid concentration for a given muscle was relatively constant in all four animals. The concentration of total lipids varied considerably more than that of phospholipids. The diaphragm had the highest total lipid and phospholipid content. The diaphragm also differed from the other muscles studied in the palmitic and steak acid concentration of the phospholipids. The free fatty acid concentration varied from muscle to muscle, however, two distinct patterns of free fatty acid distribution were observed in the four animals. The triglycerides and phospholipids differed in the qualitative composition of their fatty acids. Approximately 20% of the phospholipid fatty acids, but only a trace of triglyceride fatty acids, were above C 20 . The phospholipids contained a much greater amount of polyunsaturated acids than the triglycerides.