Site-specific fatty acid composition in adipose tissues of several Northern aquatic and terrestrial mammals

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 501-514

  Käkelä, Reijo ^a   Hyvärinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; aquatic mammals; blubber; brown bear; desaturases; extremities; grey wolf; otter; raccoon dog; ringed seal; site specific fatty acid composition

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030460009     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00150-2     Document Type: Article

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