PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sutor, D. June
TI  - Calcium palmitate and α-palmitic acid in gallstones
AID  - 10.1136/gut.11.7.618
DP  - 1970 Jul 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 618--619
VI  - 11
IP  - 7
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/11/7/618.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/11/7/618.full
SO  - Gut1970 Jul 01; 11
AB  - Calcium palmitate occurred in 20% of the gallstones studied in this laboratory by x-ray diffraction and was the most important crystalline constituent after the different forms of cholesterol and calcium carbonate. Only one calculus contained α-palmitic acid. The gallstones came from America, England, Australia, Sweden, and South Africa, and, as far as is known, this represents the first time these compounds have been found in stones from countries other than Japan.