Analysis of natural and synthetic sphingomyelins using high-performance thin-layer chromatography

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 997-1002

  Ramstedt, Bodil ^a   Leppimäki, Petra ^a   Axberg, Maria ^a   Slotte, J Peter ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

GC MS; HPTLC; Long chain bases; Molecular species; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

LIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FIBROBLAST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CRICETINAE; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; SPHINGOMYELINS; SPHINGOSINE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0033573110     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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