Confirmation of the identity of the major phospholipid in human lens membranes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1703-1706

  Ferguson, Stacey R ^a   Borchman, Douglas ^b   Yappert, M Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); dihydrosphingomyelin; human lens membrane; sphingomyelin; unknown phospholipid

Indexed keywords

ERYTHRO 4,5 DIHYDROSPHINGOMYELIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LIPID ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; HYDROGENATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPHINGOMYELINS;

EID: 0029745714     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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