Synthesis of polyunsaturated β-thia and γ-thia fatty acids from naturally derived polyunsaturated fatty alcohols and in vitro evaluation of their susceptibility to β-oxidation

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-69

  Pitt, Michael J ^a   Easton, Christopher J ^a   Ferrante, Antonio ^b   Poulos, Alfred ^b   Rathjen, Deborah A ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

Author keywords

oxidation; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Synthesis; Thioethers

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A OXIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FATTY ALCOHOL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031862694     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(98)00002-4     Document Type: Article

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