Studies on the Conjugated Lipids

Part XIV Fatty Acid Constituents of Sphingomyelin from Horse Spinal Cord

Abstract

The chemical nature of fatty acids was studied on sphingomyelin which was prepared from horse spinal cord. Nervonic, palmitic, stearic and behenic acids were isolated from the hydrolysate of the sphingomyelin preparation. The presence, of behenic acid in sphingomyelin has in this paper been reported for the first time.