Talk:Intramuscular fat

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I believe this article may be inaccurate when it refers to the marbling in meat. Looking at books such as

http://books.google.com/books?id=MzVTIb1-yNIC&pg=PA685&lpg=PA685&dq=intramuscular+triglycerides&source=bl&ots=8LwcXGRZh3&sig=mLeUpHYz8eZ_eerZOIxI31E15dU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mt4KUJifBIqw8ASokODjCg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=intramuscular%20triglycerides&f=false

intramuscular fat (triglycerides) are stored within the muscle fibers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan Savage (talk • contribs) 16:57, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. IMTG is also known as intramyocellular triacylglycerol. For instance, Matthew J Watt et al. (J Physiol. 2002 Jun 15; 541(Pt 3): 969–978.) call it "Intramuscular triacylglycerol", and describe it as follows: "IMTG is stored in lipid droplets that exist in close proximity to the mitochondria (Boesch et al., Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 1997;37:484–493)". In turn, Boesch et al. call it "intra-myocellular lipids". The term Intra-myocellular unambiguosly refers to something contained inside (intra) the muscle (myo) fiber (cell). Paolo.dL (talk) 20:12, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]