The 1- and 2-Octadecyl Glyceryl Ethers as Model Compounds for Study of Triglyceride Resynthesis in Cell Fractions of Intestinal Mucosa ∗

Abstract

Summary

The 1- and 2-octadecyl-(1-¹⁴C) glyceryl ethers have been used as model compounds to study triglyceride synthesis. The data suggest that: (a) The rat mucosa utilizes 2-monoglyceride for the formation of triglyceride; (b) the 1,2-diglyceride is the intermediate which is acylated to form triglyceride in the monoglyceride pathway; (c) and that utilization of the 1,3-diglyceride in triglyceride synthesis probably involves preliminary isomerization to the 1,2-diglyceride.