Abstract
Over 500 fatty acids have been found in plants and micro-organisms but only a few of them are important quantitatively. Because of their manner of synthesis (Sec. 4A.1), many fatty acids are even-chain saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acids. The majority are not found as free acids, but as constituents of more complex molecules such as acyl lipids and lipopolysaccharides. These will be dealt with after we have considered the various types of fatty acids.
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Harwood, J.L., Russell, N.J. (1984). Major lipid types in plants and micro-organisms. In: Lipids in Plants and Microbes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5989-0_2
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