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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 6, 652-655, Copyright © 1958 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Interconversions of the Saturated and Monounsaturated Fatty Acids

JAMES F. MEAD PH.D.1

1 Chief, Biochemistry Division, UCLA Atomic Energy Project and Professor of Physiological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, West Los Angeles, California

It appears that palmitic acid is largely synthesized or broken down with little formation of intermediate chain-length acids, but that this process can and does occur to a slight extent. Stearic acid is synthesized largely by elongation of palmitic acid and is partially degraded by removal of 2 carbons to form this acid. Palmitic and stearic acids can be dehydrogenated to the monounsaturated acids, palmitoleic and oleic, which are probably largely formed by this process. The reverse reaction, hydrogenation of the unsaturated to the saturated acids, however, probably does not appear to occur to any extent.






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