The selective utilization of diglyceride species into maize triglycerides

I A De La Roche; E J Weber; D E Alexander

doi:10.1007/BF02531132

The selective utilization of diglyceride species into maize triglycerides

Lipids. 1971 Aug;6(8):537-40. doi: 10.1007/BF02531132.

Authors

I A De La Roche¹, E J Weber², D E Alexander³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
² Plant Science Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois.
³ Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois, 61801, Urbana, Illinois.

PMID: 27519512
DOI: 10.1007/BF02531132

Abstract

The maize triglycerides were resolved into species by silver nitrate thin layer chromatography. The distribution of the fatty acids among the 1, 2 and 3 positions of each triglyceride species was determined by stereospecific analysis. From these data the relative amounts of each positional isomer were calculated. The results indicate that esterification of the fatty acids at each position proceeds with a specificity that is correlated with the composition of the other positions of the triglyceride.