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. 1974 Oct;144(1):169–171. doi: 10.1042/bj1440169

Lipolysis and hydrogenation of galactolipids and the accumulation of phytanic acid in the rumen (Short Communication)

R M C Dawson 1, N Hemington 1, D Grime 1, D Lander 1, P Kemp 1
PMCID: PMC1168478  PMID: 4462571

Abstract

By administering 14C-labelled grass to a sheep it has been shown that the ruminal bio-hydrogenation of the esterified linolenic acid of the galactolipids in chloroplast membranes only occurs after a rapid lipolysis. A slow accumulation of [14C]phytanic acid is presumed to arise by oxidation of phytol residues removed from chlorophylls.

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