The application of counter-current methods to the fractionation of lipid material from brain

Abstract
An emulsion-resistant solvent system of water_methanol-carbon tetrachloride was devised for the counter-current fractionation of brain lipids. The behavior of brain cephalin, lecithin, and mixed sphingomyelin and cerebroside are descr. Modifications of basic solvent system, for the fractionation of more polar and for the separation of cholesterol and neutral fats from other lipids, are presented. The relative positions of various known compounds in the counter-current distr. of crude brain lipid are indicated.