The identification of the antimicrobial factors of the stomach contents of sucking rabbits.
1. A procedure for the extraction and purification of antimicrobial factors from the stomach contents of sucking rabbits is described. 2. The fatty acid composition of the hydrogenated ;rabbit stomach oil' is given. 3. The most active factors isolated were identified as free n-decanoic acid and n-octanoic acid. 4. The antimicrobial activities of some fatty acids and that of ;rabbit stomach oil' are compared.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000032:analysis*; D007422:Intestines; D011817:Rabbits
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D005227:Fatty Acids