Composition of lipids, fatty acids and sterols in Okinawan corals

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-407

  Yamashiro, Hideyuki ^a   Oku, Hirosuke ^a   Higa, Hideki ^a   Chinen, Isao ^a   Sakai, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cnidarians; Coral; Fatty acids; Lipid composition; Sterols; Wax

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; LIPID; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WAX;

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; CORAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACTINIARIA; ALCYONACEA; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; BOLOCEROIDES; CNIDARIA; LOBOPHYTUM; LOBOPHYTUM CRASSUM; MILLEPORA MURRAYI; SCLERACTINIA; TUBASTRAEA;

EID: 0032899256     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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