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
1,2-Dibutyryl-3-palmitoyl-rac-glycerol (1,2-Butyrin-3-palmitin) is a compound mentioned in the study of triglyceride composition in bovine milk fat. It was identified and quantified by various methods, and its proportion and type in bovine milk fat were determined.
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).
