On the medico-biological basis for the use of marmot fat in Transbaikalia and Mongolia
AUTHORS : Badmaev1 B.B. | Radnaeva2 L.D. | Pavlov2 I.A.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : 1Institute of General and Experimental Biology SB RAS, Ulan-Ude, 2Baikal Institute nature management SB RAS, Ulan-Ude
YEAR : 2009
The purpose of this work is to comprehensively study the tarbagan fat in Buryatia, to observe the commercial use of marmots in Transbaikalia and some regions of Mongolia, and to identify the medico-biological bases of its use by the population of the region. Shown are high values of iodine numbers and the degree of unsaturation of the studied fat, low values of its peroxide numbers. Revealed 36 high molecular weight fatty acids, including a large percentage of mono and
polyunsaturated. Among the latter, linoleic and linolenic ones prevailed. In Transbaikalia and some regions of Mongolia, the local population still retains remnants of nutrition associated with the consumption of foods characterized by a deficiency of essential fatty acids. Based on a
comprehensive analysis of the data obtained and published sources, it was concluded that