Medium Chain Fatty Acid

We provide MS-based lipid analysis of MCFA fatty acyls in a variety of sample types and deliver results in eight or less weeks.

Details

Fatty Acyls
Lipid Category
Fatty Acids
Lipid Group

About the structure and biological function of MCFA

Structure. Medium chain fatty acids (MCFA) belong to the group of fatty acids within the fatty acyls. Their structure consists of a hydrocarbon chain of six to twelve carbon atoms and a carboxylic head group. The hydrocarbon chain of MCFAs rarely contains double bonds, yet they can be branched or linear.

Function. The biological role of medium chain fatty acids is mostly associated with energy metabolism. Many MCFAs can be found in milk fats, and are enriched in some selected seed oils. Medium chain fatty acids are rarely found in membrane lipids. The hormone ghrelin, which has been coined “hunger hormone” for its role in food intake, contains an MCFA, and some MCFAs have signaling functions. MCFAs are quickly oxidized by the liver.

MCFA lipidomics analysis with
Lipotype

Structural detailsmolecular species
Variants identified < 10
Approachtargeted
Methodmass spectrometry
DeviceAgilent 1290 HPLC + 6495 Triplequad
Quantificationyes
Delivery time6 weeks
Lipidomics datapmol & mol%
Figuresin development

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