Studies on the composition of lipids of the rabbit

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Abstract
The fatty acid compo-sition of the "glyceride" (non-phospholipid) and phospholipid fractions of the liver, kidney and longissimus dorsi, as well as that of the fatty tissues, of wild rabbits was determined. The phospholipids generally contained more C18 and C20 saturated and unsaturated C20-C22 fatty acids than the corresponding "glycerides" but less palmitic and C16 unsaturated fatty acids. These differences, however, were not rigid, . and exceptions are noted. In agreement with the previous work on the horse lipids, the "glycerides", as compared with the phospholipids, contained invariably more triene but less diene C18 unsaturated acids.