Uptake of free fatty acids and chylomicron glycerides by guinea pig mammary gland in pregnancy and lactation

Mammary tissue of lactating guinea pigs was shown to take up both free fatty acids and chylomicron glycerides from plasma approximately twenty times more rapidly than mammary glands from midpregnant animals. The rates of removal of both forms of lipid by lactating mammary gland are comparable with t...

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Main Authors: O.W. McBride, Edward D. Korn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1964-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520402214