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Crystal Structure of β-Tricaprin

Nature volume 197, pages 681–682 (1963)Cite this article

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THE triglycerides belong to a large class of compounds, the lipids, that are widely distributed in biological systems and frequently are structurally or functionally important. In spite of the interest in the part played by the triglycerides in such systems, no complete single crystal structural studies have appeared except that of Vand and Bell1, who reported the chain structure and packing in β-trilaurin.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Washington, Seattle

    L. H. JENSEN

  2. Miami Valley Laboratories, Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio

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JENSEN, L., MABIS, A. Crystal Structure of β-Tricaprin. Nature 197, 681–682 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197681d0

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