Changes in uterine endometrial phospholipids and fatty acids throughout the oestrous cycle and early pregnancy in the ewe

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-349

  Meier, S ^a   Trewhella, M A ^b   Fairclough, R J ^b   Jenkin, G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; SHEEP; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030725489     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(97)90554-8     Document Type: Article

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