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WHEN n-heptadecanoic (margaric) and n-penta-decanoic acids1 were isolated from hydrogenated mutton fat, it was anticipated that all the normal odd-numbered fatty acids appropriate to the series would be present in natural fats. Subsequent evidence points to this being the case. Apart from the occurrence of n-C15 and n-C13 acids in unhydrogenated butterfat, and of n-C15 and n-C17 acids in unhydrogenated fish-liver oil, n-C11 acid has been located in hydrogenated butterfat, and all the acids (odd and even) from C2 to C10 have been shown to be present in the volatile acids of ox perinephric fat.
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HANSEN, R., SHORLAND, F. & COOKE, N. Occurrence of n-Nonadecanoic Acid in Ox Perinephric Fat . Nature 176, 882 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176882a0
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