On the presence of (O-acyl)-omega-hydroxy fatty acids and of their esters in human meibomian gland secretions

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 639-641

  Butovich, Igor A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; O ACYL OMEGA HYDROXY FATTY ACID; O ACYL OMEGA HYDROXY FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX ESTER; ESTER; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; WAX;

ACCURACY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBUM SECRETION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WAXES;

EID: 79952467442     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-7028     Document Type: Letter

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