13C NMR spectroscopy and gas chromatograph - combustion - isotope ratio mass spectrometry: Complementary applications in monitoring the metabolism of 13C-labelled polyunsaturated fatty acids

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 761-768

  Cunnane, Stephen C ^a   Likhodii, Sergei S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; Fatty acid; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STABLE ISOTOPE; CARBON; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; RAT; REVIEW;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBON ISOTOPES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACIDS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RATS;

EID: 85047679975     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y96-071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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