The metabolism of triglycerides containing cis and trans octadecenoic fatty acids

Abstract
Summary: Weanling rats were fed diets containing triglycerides composed of bothcis andtrans fatty acids for 16 days. The animals were sacrificed, and the lipides were extracted quantitatively from the heart, liver, feces, and the rest of the carcass. Infrared analyses were carried out to determine the fate of thetrans acids.Trans acids with the double bond either in the 8 or 9 position are metabolized efficiently by the rat organism.

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