Table 3.3 Composition of the phospholipids in milk from various species(expressed as mol of total lipid phosphorus) Phosphatidyl- Phosphatidyl- Phosphatidyl- Phosphatidyl Lysophospho- Species ethane inositol Sphingomyelin .0 34 3.3 357 3.2 11.0 Rabbit 249 04 Mink 6.6 153 8.3 fat globule membrane phospholipidsTable 3.3 Composition of the phospholipids in milk from various species (expressed as mol YO of total lipid phosphorus) Phosphatidyl- Phosphatidyl- Phosphatidyl- Phosphatidyl- Lysophospho￾Species choline ethanolamine serine inositol Sphingomyelin lipids“ cow Sheep Buffalo Goat Camel Ass Pig Human Cat Rat Guinea-pig Rabbit Mouse‘ Mink 34.5 29.2 27.8 25.7 24.0 26.3 21.6 27.9 25.8 38.0 35.7 32.6 32.8 52.8 31.8 36.0 29.6 33.2 35.9 32.1 36.8 25.9 22.0 31.6 38.0 30.0 39.8 10.0 3.1 3.1 3.9 6.9 4.9 3.1 3.4 5.8 2.7 3.2 3.2 5.2 10.8 3.6 4.1 3.4 4.2 5Ab 5.9 3.8 3.3 4.2 7.8b 4.9 7.1b 5.8’ 3.6 6.6 25.2 28.3 32.1 21.9 28.3 34.1 34.9 31.1 31.9 19.2 11.0 24.9 12.5 15.3 0.8 2.4 0.5 1 .o 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.0 0.4 8.3 “Mainly lysophosphatidylcholine but also lysophosphatidylethanolamine. bAlso contains lysophosphatidylethanolamine. ‘Analysis of milk fat globule membrane phospholipids. From Christie (1995)