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and co-workers-*^' -^^ have also reported that 2 molecules of the same acid 

 may be attached to a single triglyceride molecule when the concentration of 



Table 19 



Relation Between Saturated Fatty Acid Content and Fully Saturated Triglyc- 

 erides IN Several Milks, Compared with Calculated Amounts of Saturated 

 Triglycerides Based on Random Distribution" 



" Adapted from T. P. Hilditch, The Chemical Constitution of the Natural Fats, 2jid ed., 

 Wiley, New York, 1947, p. 299. 

 *" No arachidic acid reported. 



the acid is as low as 25%. Such departures from the principle of "even" 

 distribution were found in the case of cottonseed oil and in the oils of cer- 



28* T. P. Hilditch and L. Maddison, J. Soc. Chem. Ind., 59, 162-168T (1940); 61, 169- 

 173T (1942). 



2»5 H. C. Dunn, T. P. Hilditch, and .J. P. Rilev, ./. Snr. Chem. Ind., 67, 199-203 (1948). 



