Lipolysis and hydrogenation of galactolipids and the accumulation of phytanic acid in the rumen (Short Communication)
- 1 October 1974
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 144 (1), 169-171
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1440169
Abstract
By administering (14)C-labelled grass to a sheep it has been shown that the ruminal bio-hydrogenation of the esterified linolenic acid of the galactolipids in chloroplast membranes only occurs after a rapid lipolysis. A slow accumulation of [(14)C]phytanic acid is presumed to arise by oxidation of phytol residues removed from chlorophylls.Keywords
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