Occurrence of High Levels of Tetracosahexaenoic Acid in the Jellyfish Aurelia sp.

Lipids

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1207-1210

  Nichols, Peter D ^a   Danaher, Kathryn T ^b   Koslow, J Anthony ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

JELLYFISH; MARINE ORGANISMS;

LIPIDS;

6,9,12,15,18 TETRACOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; 6,9,12,15,18,21 TETRACOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TETRACOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AURELIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; JELLYFISH; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; OXAZOLES; SCYPHOZOA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

AURELIA; INVERTEBRATA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0347623275     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-003-1180-z     Document Type: Article

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