Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 6, 490-493, October 1965
Copyright © 1965 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Occurrence of methyl esters in the pancreas
Erkki Leikola , Elna Nieminen , and Eero Salomaa
Department of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
By column chromatography two lipid fractions, x1 and x2, of which there are only traces in the lipids of other organs, have been isolated from the pancreatic lipids. The lipid fraction x2, which forms a very considerable proportion of the total lipids of the pancreas, has been found to be composed of the methyl esters of lauric, myristic, tetradecenoic, palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, and arachidic acids. Fraction x1 was not analyzed.
Supplementary key words methyl esters pancreas man dog thin-layer chromatography alumina
Submitted on November 27, 1964
Accepted on June 7, 1965