Fatty Acid Components of Ovine Extrahepatic Tissues After Rumen Development

Abstract

The lipids of ovine heart muscle, kidney, skeletal muscle, and depot fat have been separated into cholesterol ester, triglyceride, free fatty acid, and phospholipid fractions by chromatography on silicic acid. Fatty acid components of these fractions have been identified and estimated by gas chromatography, and include two unusual major components from muscle and kidney phospholipid. The interrelationships between these results and comparative values for other species are discussed,