Neutral Lipids, their fatty acids, and the sterols of the marine ciliated protozoon, Parauronema acutum

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 373-378

  Sul, Donggeun ^a,c   Kaneshiro, Edna S ^d   Jayasimhulu, Koka ^b   Erwin, Joseph A ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Campesterol; Cholesterol; Desmosterol; Diglyceride; Fatty alcohol; Marine ciliate; Triglyceride; sitosterol

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; DIGLYCERIDE; FATTY ACID; LIPID; LIPID ANALYSIS; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; STERYL ESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; PROTOZOA;

CILIOPHORA; INVERTEBRATA; PARAURONEMA; PARAURONEMA ACUTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033876770     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00063.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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