Wax ester and lipophilic compound profiling of Euglena gracilis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: toward understanding of wax ester fermentation under hypoxia

Metabolomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 175-183

  Furuhashi, Takeshi ^a   Ogawa, Takumi ^b   Nakai, Rai ^b   Nakazawa, Masami ^b,c   Okazawa, Atsushi ^b   Padermschoke, Adchara ^b   Nishio, Kazuki ^b   Hirai, Masami Yokota ^a   Arita, Masanori ^a,d   Ohta, Daisaku ^b  

^a Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euglena; Hypoxia; Wax ester

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939879927     PISSN: 15733882     EISSN: 15733890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-014-0687-1     Document Type: Article

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