Fatty acid composition of cholesteryl esters of human meibomian gland secretions

Steroids

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 726-733

  Butovich, Igor A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fatty acids; High performance liquid chromatography; Human meibum; Mass spectrometry; Meibomian secretions; Very long chain cholesteryl esters

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LACRIMATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS;

ANIMALIA; MEIBOMIA;

EID: 77954310059     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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