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SUMMARY
Neutral and polar lipids of Smittium culisetae were separated by silicic acid column and thin-layer chromatography. 76.3% of the total lipids was found to be neutral lipids and 23.7% was polar. Triglycerides were the most abundant (26.6%) of the lipids with lesser amounts of free fatty acids, steroids and diglycerides. The major phosphatide was phosphatidyl choline (17.8%) while phosphatidyl ethanolamine and phosphatidyl serine were present in smaller amounts. Gas chromatography of methyl esters of the fatty acids obtained from the individual lipid classes showed that the most abundant unsaturated fatty acid was palmitoleic (38.7%) and the predominant saturated fatty acid was palmitic (34.3%).