Two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography of polar lipids from milk and mammary tissue

Abstract

A two-dimensional thin-layer chromatographic system that separates all of the known polar lipids of milk and mammary tissue is described. The compositions of phospholipids of milk and of the mammary tissue from which the milk was derived are presented.

Keywords

• milk
• mammary tissue
• polar lipids
• thin-layer chromatography