Fatty acid metabolism in human preimplantation embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 766-773

  Haggarty, P ^a,b   Wood, M ^b   Ferguson, E ^b   Hoad, G ^a   Srikantharajah, A ^b   Milne, E ^a   Hamilton, M ^b   Bhattacharya, S ^b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo; Fatty acids; IVF; Linoleic acid; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; FATTY ACID; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; ISOTOPE; LINOLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FREEZING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORULA; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; THAWING;

EID: 33644867257     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei385     Document Type: Article

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