Chylomicron triacylglycerol fatty acids in suckling northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) resemble the composition and the distribution of fatty acids in milk fat

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-57

  Puppione, Donald L ^a,c   Kuehlthau, Cindy M ^b   Jandacek, Ronald J ^b   Costa, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 monoacylglycerol; intestinal absorption; marine mammals; monoenoic acid s; neonates; oleic acids; palmitic acids; very long chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CHYLOMICRON; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 0030017980     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02120-5     Document Type: Article

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