The fatty acid and glyceride structures of Indian buffalo milk and depot fats, and some characteristics of eastern animal fats

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Abstract
Analysis of Indian buffalo milk fat indicates an inverse relationship between the lower acids and oleic acid. Cotton seed feeding gives a milk fat of high stearic and low palmitic acid content. Two types of depot fat of high and low palmitic acid content were found. An inverse stearic-palmitic balance is postulated for these fats in contrast to the inverse stearic-oleic relationship of western tallows. Indian animal fats are characterized by high saturation, a species difference of 3 units between iodine values for milk and depot fats of cows and buffaloes, lower content of fully saturated glycerides, higher association ratios, and a higher proportion of mono-"oleo"-disaturated glycerides.