All fats and oils are composed of fat molecules called fatty acids. There are two methods of classifying fatty acids. The one you are most familiar is based on saturation. You have saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The second method of classification is based on molecular size or length of the carbon chain in the fatty acid. You have short-chai...

To determine the extent and microanatomical distribution of extramyocellular adipocytes associated with skeletal muscle, histological, biochemical, nuclear magnetic resonance proton spectroscopic and microcomputed tomography techniques were employed to analyze skeletal muscle samples from lean and obese Sprague-Dawley rats. Significant amounts of extramyocellular adipocytes were found on the ex...

Single crystal electron diffraction d a ta from an odd-chain trig lyceride, glycerol trihep tadecanoate, are compared w ith the known structure o f the even-chain hom o-acid triglycerides. Both class­ es o f triglycerides are found to resem ble one ano ther in chain packing: they both have the sam e chain tilt (61 °) for the /?-polymorph and, further, the o rien ta tio n o f the T|| subcell in ...

Gracey, M., Burke, V., and Anderson, C. M. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 445. Medium chain triglycerides in paediatric practice. Medium chain triglycerides (MCT) bypass the steps necessary for the absorption of long chain fats (LCT), and so have theoretical grounds for their use in various disease states, particularly malabsorptive disorders. In childhood, MCT have particular ad...