Nyob rau hauv qhov, cov ntsiab lus ntawmMCT vajyog me me, feem ntau yog los ntawm cov txiv maj phaub roj, cov txiv maj phaub roj, cov mis nyuj, mis nyuj thiab nws cov khoom. Raws li cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb, txiv maj phaub roj muaj 58 feem pua MCT, cov txiv maj phaub roj muaj 54 feem pua MCT, cov txiv maj phaub shredded muaj 37 feem pua MCT, thiab cov txiv maj phaub nqaij nyoos muaj 19 feem pua MCT. Tus yam ntxwv ntawm MCT yog tias nws nkag mus rau hauv daim siab ncaj qha thiab tau nrawm nrawm rau hauv lub zog los muab lub zog rau lub cev. Nws tuaj yeem ua rau koj lub hlwb kom pom tseeb, xav ntau dua, pw tsaug zog zoo dua, thiab zoo dua.
Piv nrog rau cov saw ntev triglycerides, nruab nrab-chain triglycerides (MCT) yog hydrolyzed los ua cov saw hlau nruab nrab, uas muaj qhov hnyav me me thiab cov dej solubility siab. Lawv tuaj yeem nqus tau ncaj qha los ntawm villi ntawm txoj hnyuv me thiab nkag mus rau lub siab los ntawm cov hlab ntsha portal. Nyob rau hauv hepatocytes, nruab nrab-chain fatty acids tuaj yeem nkag mus rau mitochondria los ntawm ob lub mitochondrial daim nyias nyias ntawm nws tus kheej ntawm carnitine acylcarnitine transferase I (CPT-1) nyob rau sab nraud mitochondrial membrane, thiab undergo fatty acid oxidation los tsim acetyl-CoA. Nws tseem tuaj yeem tsim ATP rau lub zog los ntawm lub voj voog tricarboxylic acid thiab cov saw hlau thauj hluav taws xob, lossis tsim cov ketone lub cev rau kev siv los ntawm cov ntaub so ntswg extrahepatic.
Medium-chain fatty acids sai sai muab lub zog, tuaj yeem txo qhov kev thov rau cov ntshav qab zib, thiab tsis yooj yim rau hauv cov ntaub so ntswg adipose. Ntau cov kev tshawb fawb tau pom tias cov roj ntsha nruab nrab muaj peev xwm tswj tau qhov hnyav nce los ntawm kev siv hluav taws xob ntau ntxiv thiab txo qis qab los noj mov.
Txawm li cas los xij, nruab nrab-chain fatty acids tsis yog cov fatty acids tseem ceeb, yog li kev noj zaub mov noj kuj yuav tsum tau ntxiv nrog qhov tseem ceeb ntev-chain unsaturated fatty acids. Cov lipids hauv lub cev feem ntau suav nrog triglycerides, non-esterified fatty acids, tag nrho cov roj (cholesterol) tag nrho, cov roj lipoprotein uas tsis yog-density lipoprotein cholesterol thiab high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, thiab phospholipids. Raws li ib tug saturated fatty acid, txoj kev metabolic ntawm nruab nrab-chain triglycerides nyob rau hauv lub cev yog txawv los ntawm cov feem ntau ntev-chain fatty acids, tab sis nws noj thiab decomposition kuj cuam tshuam rau synthesis thiab decomposition ntawm lipids nyob rau hauv lub cev.