Bio-Protocol (Jan 2015)

Lipid Extraction from Mouse Feces

  • Daniel Kraus,
  • Qin Yang,
  • Barbara Kahn

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.1375
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1

Abstract

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The analysis of feces composition is important for the study of energy metabolism, which comprises various measurements of energy intake, energy expenditure, and energy wasting. The current protocol describes how to measure energy-dense lipids in mouse feces using a modification of the method proposed by Folch et al. (1957).