Isovaleric acid accumulation in odontocete melon during development

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 528-531

  Gardner, S C ^a,b   Varanasi, U ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; ISOVALERIC ACID;

CETACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CETACEA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CUCURBITACEAE; KINETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; PENTANOIC ACIDS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CUCUMIS; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0344513333     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0472-x     Document Type: Article

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