15-methyl Palmitic acid is a methylated fatty acid that has been found in bacteria, bovine milk fat, one-humped camel (C. dromedarius) meat and fat, and in rabbit perirenal lipids. [1][2][3][4]It is also found in human breast milk and levels are decreased in mature breast milk compared to colostrum[5]
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