title: The lipid content of epididymal spermatozoa of Rattus norvegicus.
abstract: 1. Seven major lipids of rat spermatozoa from the caput, corpus and cauda epididymidis were separated and quantitated by TLC. 2. Spermatozoa from the caput epididymidis had a significantly greater (P less than 0.05) content of phospholipid, cholesterol, cholesterol ester and free fatty acid than those from the cauda epididymidis. 3. Spermatozoa from the corpus epididymidis had a significantly greater (P less than 0.05) content of monoglyceride than those from the caput epididymidis and a greater content of phospholipid, cholesterol, free fatty acids and monoglyceride than those from the cauda epididymidis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004822:Epididymis / Q000032:analysis*; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids