Dairy Chemistry And Biochemistry

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).