Occurrence of methyl esters in the pancreas

LIPID COMPONENTS ANDIN VITROMINERALIZATION OF SOME INVERTEBRATE CARTILAGES

“…At times, the presence of methylated fatty acids may reflect artifacts of transmethylation from solvent methanol used in extraction procedures. However, Leikola, Nieminen and Salomaa (1965), Louh and Carton (1970), and Rabinowitz, Tavares and Marsh (1972) have shown that nonspurious, significant values for methylated fatty acids are found in a variety of tissues under conditions in which artifacts of transmethylation cannot occur. In the present experiments, the values for methylated fatty acids are believed to be valid because it has been established in earlier experiments that the techniques employed would not lead to transmethylation (Louh and Carton, 1970;Rabinowitz, Tavares and Marsh, 1972).…”

Occurrence of fatty acid methyl esters in walnut kernel and other oils

“…Evidence has also been presented for the occurrence of methyl decanoate and several ethyl esters among the volatile constituents in hops (Buttery et al, 1967). Dhopeshwarkar and Mead (1962) reported methyl esters of higher fatty acids in normal guinea pig tissue lipids; Leikola et al, (1965) found fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in pancreas lipids; and Fischer et al (1966) reported both natural and artificial methyl esters in liver lipid extracts. Sloan et al (1968) reported that FAME represented 1 to 2% of total lipid in grasshopper eggs and suggested that they may have biological significance.…”