MEDIUMCHAINTRIGLYCERIDES

Chemical Properties

Colourless or slightly yellowish, oily liquid.

Uses

medium chain triglycerides is a excipient, when Medium-chain Triglycerides are prepared from the endosperm of Cocos nucifera L., the title Fractionated Coconut Oil may be used.

Veterinary Drugs and Treatments

MCT oil is sometimes used to offset the caloric reduction when long-chain triglycerides found in dietary fat are restricted, usually in chronic infiltrative diseases of the small intestine or when there is fat malabsorption of any cause. Because of expense and unpalatability, many clinicians are bypassing MCT oil and having their clients prepare homemade, highly digestible, ultra-low fat diets (e.g., white turkey meat plus rice/potato) or using very low fat prescription diets.