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A stereospecific distribution of fatty acids in bovine milk fat containing 15.5% linoleic acid has been compared with the distribution in bovine milk fat containing a normal level (1.8%) of linoleic acid. The positional distribution was obtained by the separate analysis of milk fat triglycerides of high, medium, and low molecular weight. The order of preference for linoleic acid in the high molecular weight triglycerides was position 3>position 2 >position 1. There was an accompanying altered distribution of myristic acid and palmitic acid in favor of position 1 at the expense of position 3. However, the proportions of myristic acid and palmitic acid in position 2, relative to positions 1 and 3 were identifical in the high molecular weight fractions of the two milk fats. The distribution of linoleic acid in the medium molecular weight triglycrides of linoleic-rich milk fat was position 1=position 2>position 3. This resulted in a change in the distribution of 18 carbon monounsaturated fatty acids in favor of position 2 at the expense of position 1, but the distribution of myristic acid and palmitic acid was virtually unaltered. The distribution of linoleic acid in the low molecular weight triglycerides was position 2>position 1>position 3. The amounts of myristic acid and palmitic acid in position 2 and of palmitic acid in position 1 decreased in the low molecular weight triglycerides of the milk fat containing elevated levels of linoleic acid. Changes in the distribution of fatty acids which were observed in the separate analysis of the high, medium, and low molecular weight triglycerides were not apparent when comparing the distribution in the total milk fats. For example, the distribution of myristic acid and palmitic acid appeared to be unchanged, while the distribution of 18 carbon monounsaturated fatty acids was slightly altered in favor of positions 2 and 3. Moreover, linoleic acid showed an almost equal preference for the three positions of the glycerol moiety in milk fat containing elevated levels of this fatty acid with some concentration at position 2.
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Morrison, I.M., Hawke, J.C. Positional distribution of fatty acids in the triglycerides of bovine milk fat with elevated levels of linoleic acid. Lipids 12, 1005–1011 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533326
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