摘要
EARLY workers in the field of ruminant physiology were aware of the presence in the rumen fluid of a number of the lower members of the saturated fatty acid series1; but accurate data were not reported until recently, when partition chromatography became available as a procedure for the analysis of complex mixtures of these acids. Acetic, propionic and butyric acids were then established as the main components of the mixture in the rumen fluid of sheep and other ruminants. It was claimed that traces of acid or acids higher than butyric acid were indicated, but that no formic acid was present2.
摘要译文
反刍动物生理学领域的早期工作者意识到在瘤胃液中存在饱和脂肪酸系列sup 1 / sup的许多下层成员;但是直到最近才报告准确的数据，当时可以使用分配色谱作为分析这些酸的复杂混合物的程序。然后在羊和其他反刍动物的瘤胃液中建立乙酸，丙酸和丁酸作为混合物的主要成分。据称，痕量的酸或酸高于丁酸，但没有甲酸存在sup 2 / sup。
F. V. GRAY[1];, A. F. PILGRIM[1];, H. J. RODDA[1]; R. A. WELLER[1]. Volatile Fatty Acids in the Rumen of the Sheep[J]. Nature; London, 1951,167(4258)