The fatty acid composition of brain phospholipids from chicken and duck embryos

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Maldjian, Andre ^a   Cristofori, Claudia ^a   Noble, Raymond C ^a   Speake, Brian K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain; chicken; docosahexaenoic acid; duck; embryo; phospholipid

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; DUCK; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0029912691     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(96)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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