Characterizations of Pneumocystis carinii and rat lung lipids: Glyceryl ethers and fatty alcohols

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1907-1917

  Kaneshiro, Edna S ^a   Guo, Zengkui ^a   Sul, Donggeun ^a   Kallam, Kathryn A ^a   Jayasimhulu, Koka ^b   Beach, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1 O hexadec 9 enyl glycerol; 1 O octadec 9 enyl glycerol; AIDS; Batyl alcohol; Chimyl alcohol; Long chain alcohols; Phospholipids

Indexed keywords

FATTY ALCOHOL; GLYCEROL ETHER; LIPID; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLASMALOGEN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GLYCERYL ETHERS; LUNG; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLASMALOGENS; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PNEUMOCYSTIS; RATS;

EID: 0031656639     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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