Die Verdauung von Speisefetten mit Pankreaslipasen und ihre Beeinflussung durch das Fettsäuremuster

The Influence of Fatty Acids in Triglycerides on the Digestion of Dietary Fats by Pancreatic Lipase The digestion of dietary fats by pancreatic lipase was studied in in-vitro-experiments. We tested the following fats: coconut, butterfat, cocoabutter, lard and oil of corn germ. The breakdown of triglycerides was followed up by monitoring the free fatty acids and glycerol. Additionally we analyzed the fatty acid distribution by gas-liquid chromatography of triglycerides, 1,2-diglycerides and 2-monoglycerides. Fatty acids with a chain length from C₁₀C₂₀ were determined by gas chromatography. Short chain fatty acids were not regarded separately. As pancreatic lipase has a positional specificity for the 1- and 3-position of a triglyceride there is information on the distribution of fatty acids in fats and of their digestion by such experiments. For the resorption of the fatty acids it may be of a certain importance in which position it is esterified in the fat when it is hydrolysed in gut. The hydrolysis of fats used in these experiments was quite different. This can be explained by the fatty acid distribution, the chain length and by a varying rate of emulsification of fats in an aqueous phase.