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IT is generally agreed that a mixture of free fatty acids, glycerol, monoglycerides and diglycerides is absorbed by the intestinal cells during digestion of fat and that the chyle secreted by these cells contains mainly triglycerides1. The present communication describes some studies on the biosynthesis of triglycerides by mitochondrial preparations from the mucosa of the small intestine of the rabbit and the rat.
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CLARK, B., HÜBSCHER, G. Biosynthesis of Glycerides in the Mucosa of the Small Intestine. Nature 185, 35–37 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185035b0
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