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Portal Venous Transport of Free Pelargonic Acid following Intestinal Instillation of Tripelargonin

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SATURATED odd-chain fatty acids such as valerate (C5) and pelargonate (C9) are metabolized differently from even-numbered saturated fatty acids in the same range of carbon chain length, caproate (C6) and caprylate (C8)1–4. The three terminal carbons of the odd-chain acids appear to be metabolized as a unit, which can serve as a carbohydrate precursor, in contrast to the behaviour of the terminal two-carbon units of even-chain acids. Digestion of glycerides of odd-chain fatty acids and absorption and transport of the digestion products appear to have been little studied.

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HASHIM, S., KRELL, K., MAO, P. et al. Portal Venous Transport of Free Pelargonic Acid following Intestinal Instillation of Tripelargonin. Nature 207, 527–528 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207527b0

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