84 DAIRY CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Source Fatry acids
1
Acetate ., 4: 0
to
hutyrate 14:^0
\
d
TGs of
hlood plasma
16 :O
18: 0
18: 1
18: 2
Figure 3.9 Sources of the fatty acids in bovine milk fat; TG, triglyceride (from Hawke and
Taylor, 1995).
Blood Endothelial cell
D-hvdroxv
..
Alveolar cell
Lumen
- TGs
Figure 3.10 Uptake of blood constituents by the mammary gland; CoA, coenzyme A; G-3-P,
glycerol-3-phosphate; FFA, free fatty acid; FA, fatty acid; TG, triglyceride, VLDL, very low
density lipoprotein (from Hawke and Taylor, 1995).