Fatty acid desaturase activities and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition in human liver between the seventeenth and thirty-sixth gestational weeks

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1063-1070

  Rodrigueza, A ^a   Sarda, P ^a   Nessmann, C ^a   Boulot, P ^a   Poisson, J P ^a   Leger, C L ^a   Descomps, B ^a  

^a Institute of Biology   (France)

Author keywords

Fatty acid analysis; Fatty acid desaturase; Human fetus; Liver; Microsomes; Time course relationship

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER MICROSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031770467     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70216-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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