Lipid composition of eggs of an oviparous lizard (Bassiana duperreyi)

Lipids

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1207-1210

  Speake, Brian K ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^b   McCartney, Ruth J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIZARD; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032786901     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-999-0473-6     Document Type: Article

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