Abstract
Various fats and fatty acids were given to rats in order to analyze fatty acid composition of depot fat. The result indicated that:
1) Saturated fatty acid was turned into depot fat and at the same time mono-unsaturated fatty acid having the corresponding carbon chain was synthesized and deposited.
2) Fatty acid composition varied with the kind of fat and fatty acid intaken. However, the ratio of total saturated fatty acid to total unsaturated fatty acid was constant, being approximately 1: 2 in most cases.
