1,2-Dibutyryl-3-palmitoyl-
rac-glycerol is a triacylglycerol that contains butyric acid at the
sn-1 and
sn-2 positions and palmitic acid at the
sn-3 position. It has been found in butterfat and the maternal Dufour's glands of
Anthophora bees.
1,2
1. Kalo, P., Kemppinen, A., and Ollilainen, V. Determination of triacylglycerols in butterfat by normal-phase HPLC and electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry Lipids 44(2),169-195(2009).
2. Norden, B., Batra, S.W., Fales, H.M., et al. Anthophora bees: Unusual glycerides from maternal Dufour’s glands serve as larval food and cell lining Science 207(4435),1095-1097(1980).
