Inhibition of carnitine palmitoyltransferase in the rat small intestine reduces export of triacylglycerol into the lymph.

Following digestion of dietary triacylglycerol (TAG), intestinal epithelial cells absorb fatty acids and monoacylglycerols that are resynthesized into TAG by enzymes located on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). A study in rat liver (Abo-Hashema, K. A.