1713. APPEL, H., BÖHM, H., KEIL, W. AND SCHILLER, G. [Fat From Fatty Acids With Odd Numbers of Carbon Atoms. IV.] Ztschr. physiol. Chem., vol. 274, 1942, pp. 186-205; Chem. Abs., vol. 37, 1943, p. 6713.

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1713. APPEL, H., BÖHM, H., KEIL, W. AND SCHILLER, G. [Fat From Fatty Acids With Odd Numbers of Carbon Atoms. IV.] Ztschr. Physiol. Chem., vol. 274, 1942, pp. 186-205; Chem. Abs., vol. 37, 1943, p. 6713.

Growth and development of young male goats were the same when fed coconut oil or butterfat or a synthetic fat mixture (1) consisting of straight-chain odd- and even-numbered fatty acids. After prolonged feeding the resorption of I was 79%, of coconut oil 91 and of butterfat 92%. Body and depot fat of rats and goats fed saturated fats contained more than 60% saturated acids. Feeding I containing C₁₀-C₂₃ fatty acids led to C₁₂-C₁₇ fatty acids in depot fat, and odd-numbered C-chain fatty acids amounted to 33% of the total depot fatty acids. With I, C₁₃ acids are the smallest to appear in depot fat, with coconut oil C₁₂, and with butterfat C₁₄.