Animal fats: Recent researches in the fats research laboratory, D.S.I.R., New Zealand

Abstract

Abstract The views recorded in the first section of this survey dealing with the relationship between the dietary and depot fats are in some cases based on the results of other investigators. In the second section the work of this Laboratory on the fatty‐acid composition of butter fat has been examined in the light of the recent British discoveries on the synthetic activity of the mammary gland. Finally, the work of the Fats Research Laboratory on the isolation from animal fats of trace constituents, particularly the branched‐chain fatty acids, is reviewed.