Docosahexaenoic acid synthesis from n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in differentiated rat brain astrocytes

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1368-1376

  Williard, Deborah E ^a   Harmon, Shawn D ^a   Kaduce, Terry L ^a   Preuss, Meredith ^a   Moore, Steven A ^a   Robbins, Michael E C ^a   Spector, Arthur A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

linolenic acid; CAMP; Desaturation; Docosapentaenoic acid; Elongation; Retroconversion; Tetracosahexaenoic acid; Tetracosapentaenoic acid

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VALERIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BUCLADESINE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0035652817     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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