# On adipocire, and its formation

Author: Wetherill, Charles Mayer, 1825-1871

Genre: Category: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69141

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## Summary

The formation of fat is interesting, both from a chemical and a physiological point of view. The relation of lignine starch and sugar to alcohol, afforded reasons for Liebig’s theory of the formation of fat in the body. Recent experiments by Liebig, Bopp, Guckelberger, Keller and others, on the formation of the lower terms of the series of fatty acids by the oxidation and putrefaction of the blood-forming substances, rendered possible the formation of the higher members, from albumen, fibrin and caseine, by similar means,[1] for example, by a less intense degree of oxidation. It was thought that the study of adipocire, with a view to this question, would perhaps throw some light upon it;...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-adipocire-and-its-formation-69141/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-adipocire-and-its-formation-69141/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-adipocire-and-its-formation-69141/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-adipocire-and-its-formation-69141/chapters/4/index.md)