Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 3, 263-268, April 1962
Copyright © 1962 by Lipid Research, Inc.
The fatty acids of beef brain and spinal cord sphingolipid preparations
K. K. Carroll
Collip Medical Research Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Sphingolipid preparations from beef spinal cord and from a mixture of beef brain and beef spinal cord were subjected to methanolysis, and the composition of the fatty acid esters was investigated by conventional fractional distillation, by column chromatography, and by gas-liquid chromatography. Approximately 20 fatty acids were separated and characterized. Some improvements in methodology are reported in connection with these analyses.
Submitted on October 27, 1961