Human tear film and meibum. Very long chain wax esters and (O-acyl)-omega-hydroxy fatty acids of meibum

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2471-2485

  Butovich, Igor A ^a,b   Wojtowicz, Jadwiga C ^a   Molai, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye epoxides; High pressure liquid chromatography; Ion trap mass spectrometry; Lipids; Meibomian gland secretions; Tear film lipid laver; Tears; Very long chain fatty acids and alcohols

Indexed keywords

HYDROXY FATTY ACID; LIPID; MEIBUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPOXIDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TEARS; WAXES;

EID: 70849130750     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M900252-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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