Abstract

Main lipids of fowl feather were identified as a mixture of triglycerides and its component acids were shown to be saturated higher fatty acids such as stearic acid, arachidic acid and cerotic acid.It was verified that oil sacks of fowl were wax secreting glands because by analyzing their contents, they were proved to be a mixture of waxes. Its acid components were characterized as saturated higher acids which were shown gaschromatographically to be saturated fatty acids of even and odd numbered carbon chain. Its alcohol components were inferred to be saturated higher fatty alcohols which mainly have carbon number of more than 20.

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