Recycling of carbon into lipids synthesized de novo is a quantitatively important pathway of α-[U-13C] linolenate utilization in the developing rat brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2151-2158

  Menard, Chantale R ^a   Goodman, Keith J ^b,e   Corso, Thomas N ^c,f   Brenna, J Thomas ^c   Cunnane, Stephen C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Metabolic Solutions   (United States)

^f Advanced Bioanalytical Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Carbon 13; Cholesterol; Docosahexaenoate; Palmitate; Linolenate

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031722348     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71052151.x     Document Type: Article

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