Pregnancy-Associated Adaptations to Hepatic Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis in the Guinea-Pig

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-272

  Burdge, Graham C ^a,b   Postle, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Diacylglycerol; Docosahexaenoic acid; Guinea pig; High performance liquid chromatography; Liver; Phosphatidylcholine; Phospholipid; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031948029     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00324-6     Document Type: Article

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