The fatty acid composition of intestinal lymph in the rat was determined during constant
intraduodenal infusion of a single saturated fatty acid with chain length ranging from C 8 to C
18 in the form of mixed mono-and diglycerides. The appearance of the infused fatty acid in
lymph triglycerides depended on the chain length with the optimum at 14 and 16. Fatty acids
with chain length less than 14 were not significantly incorporated into lymph phospholipid
and cholesterol ester. Lymph phospholipids had the highest specificity toward stearic acid …