title: Fatty acids and lipids of camel milk and colostrum.
abstract: Total fat content was 32.8 +/- 14 g/L in camel milk (10-240 days post partum) or 30.1 +/- 19.5 g/L in colostrum (1-7 days post partum). Triacylglycerols accounted for 96% of the total lipids in milk. Triacyglycerols of camel milk contained saturated fatty acids (66.1%) and unsaturated fatty acids (30.5%). The predominant saturated fatty acids were 16:0 (34.9%) 14:0 (14.5%) and 18:0 (9.7%). The content of these fatty in acids in colostrum was lower (52.4%) than that of mature milk. The colsotrum contained a relatively high amount of 18:1 (25.4%), and 16:1 (13.9%), with the remainder being a mixture of dienoic and trienoic long-chain fatty acids. Triacylglycerols contained low amount of short-chain fatty acids (C4-C8). There is a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in camel colostrum and milk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gorban
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Izzeldin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus; D002417:Cattle; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003126:Colostrum / Q000737:chemistry*; D003720:Densitometry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids