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Occurrence of trans-Acids in Animal Fats

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BERTRAM'S discovery1 that ox and sheep fats, and butterfat, contain traces of trans-Δ11 octadecenoic (vaccenic) acid has been confirmed by other investigators2,3, who have shown that this acid also occurs in traces in lard.

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  1. Fats Research Laboratory,

    L. HARTMAN & F. B. SHORLAND

  2. Dominion Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington, New Zealand

    I. R. C. McDONALD

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HARTMAN, L., SHORLAND, F. & McDONALD, I. Occurrence of trans-Acids in Animal Fats. Nature 174, 185–186 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174185b0

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