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Fatty acid composition of hump triglycerides of the camel Camelus dromedarius
1Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
Abstract:
1. Hump lipids of Camelus dromedarius (single-humped camel) were extracted and fractionated by thin-layer chromatography. 2. The hump lipids were found to be mainly triglycerides with a trace of phospholipids. 3. The fatty acid methyl esters of the triglycerides were studied by gas-liquid chromatography. 4. The major fatty acids were found to be palmitate (35%), stearate (26%), oleate (24%) and myristate (12%). Hexadecenoic (2%) and pentadecanoic acids were minor components.