The lipids used in this study were extracted from the back (
M. longissimus dorsi), the round (
M. rectus femoris) and the shoulder (
M. triceps branchii) meat of horses which were imported to Japan as the raw materials for meat industry.
The round contained more C18:2 and less C16:0, C16:1 and C18:1 than the back or the shoulder in the total and the phospholipid fractions. The back and the shoulder contained more C18:0, C18:0 and C18:2 and less C18:1 than the round in the neutral lipid fractions. And, the free fatty acid fractions, in general, highly contained poly-unsaturated fatty acids such as C18:2, C18:2 and C20:4.
In horse meat lipids, C14:0, C16:1, and C18:2 were found to exist in higher concentrations in the 2-position than in the 1- and 3-position of triglycerides, and on the contrary, C16:0 and C18:0 were predominantly esterified on the 2-position of glycerols.
It was considered that the major component triglycerides of horse meat lipids were 1, 3-dipalmito-2-olein, 1-palmito-2, 3-diolein, 1, 2-dipalmito-3-olein, tripalmitin, 1, 2-dipalmito-3-stearin, 1-palmito-2-oleo-3-stearin, triolein, 1, 3-dioleo-2-palmitin,
et cetera.
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