Triacylglycerols Characteristic of Porpoise Acoustic Tissues: Molecular Structures of Diisovaleroylglycerides
- 26 May 1972
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 176 (4037), 926-928
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.176.4037.926
Abstract
More than two-thirds of the triacylglycerols from the acoustic tissues of the porpoise (Tursiops gilli) consist of 2 moles of isovaleric acid for every 1 mole of long-chain acids. Cranial blubber, which has no distinct acoustic function, does not contain these unusual glycerides. The presence of large amounts of diisovaleroylisopentadecanoylglycerol suggests that this structure may be particularly important in sound transmission through lipid-protein matrices.Keywords
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