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Fats and Fatty Acids

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Natural Products of Woody Plants

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The previous sections of this chapter have examined the organic plant acids arising from the tricarboxylic acid (Krebs) and glyoxylate cycles and related conversions of intermediate metabolism. Although this section (6.3) addresses a part of the general subject of metabolism, the focus is on presence of fats and fatty acids in woody tissue as food reserves. Also included is a short review on the lower molecular weight acids. Excluded, however, are the fatty acids in waxes, as this subject is covered in Sect. 6.4.

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Zinkel, D.F. (1989). Fats and Fatty Acids. In: Rowe, J.W. (eds) Natural Products of Woody Plants. Springer Series in Wood Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74075-6_10

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