The phytanic acid content of the lipids of bovine tissues and milk |
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Authors: | A. K. Lough |
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Affiliation: | (1) Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, AB2 9SB Aberdeen, Scotland |
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Abstract: | In three steers which were given grass silage for six months, the content of phytanic acid (i.e. 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid) in plasma lipid increased to about 8% of the total fatty acids, whereas after this time the proportion in the total fatty acids of liver and heart lipids was about 1%, and only 0.1% in those of kidney lipids; the acid was present in trace amounts in adipose-tissue triglycerides and was apparently absent from brain lipids. In eight lactating cows which were given grass silage for about 3 months, the content of phytanic acid in the total long chain fatty acids of milk and of plasma was 0.7% and 13%, respectively. In the plasma lipids of both steers and lactating cows, phytanic acid constituted a substantial proportion of the total fatty acids of the triglycerides and phospholipids; the acid was present in lowest proportion in the cholesteryl esters. |
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