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. 1969 Jul;113(3):555–558. doi: 10.1042/bj1130555

Isolation of a new phospholipid, phosphatidyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)alanine, from rumen protozoa

P Kemp 1, R M C Dawson 1
PMCID: PMC1184699  PMID: 5807215

Abstract

1. Phosphatidyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)alanine was isolated from the mixed protozoal fraction of rumen and characterized. 2. Of the fatty acids 31% was octadecenoic acid, 91% of which was the trans11-isomer, an intermediary in the ruminal hydrogenation of linolenic acid and linoleic acid.

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