Abstract
1. 1. Fatty acid synthesis was studied in camel hump and sheep tail fat, utilizing tissue slices in the presence of labelled compounds including acetate, propionate, pyruvate, butyrate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, glucose and palmitate. In addition, the oxidation rates of these substances to CO 2 were also measured. 2. 2. In both species, oxidation rates in a decreasing order were: pyruvate, acetate, glucose, butyrate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, propionate and palmitate. In general, tail fat was more active than hump in this respect. 3. 3. In both species, acetate was incorporated into fatty acids at a greater rate than glucose. Tail fat utilized more 3-hydroxybutyrate than hump; the reverse case was true for butyrate.
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