Effect of age on the fatty acid composition of phospholipids in human lymphocytes

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 125-133

  Ponnappan, Usha ^a,b,c   Holley, David H ^a   Lipschitz, David A ^a,b  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; fatty acids; lymphocytes; myristate; phospholipids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029935601     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(95)02017-9     Document Type: Article

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