Content and chemical compositions of cerebrosides in lactose-assimilating yeasts

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2205-2208

  Tanji, Mikio ^a,b   Namimatsu, Kanae ^a   Kinoshita, Mikio ^a,b   Motoshima, Hidemasa ^c   Oda, Yuji ^d   Ohnishi, Masao ^a,b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yotsuba Milk Products Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Cerebroside; Kluyveromyces; Sphingolipid; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

CERAMIDE MOIETIES; CEREBROSIDES; MOLECULAR SPECIES;

YEAST;

ALPHA HYDROXYMYRISTIC ACID; ALPHA-HYDROXYMYRISTIC ACID; CEREBROSIDE; FATTY ACID; LACTOSE; MYRISTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; YEAST;

CEREBROSIDES; FATTY ACIDS; LACTOSE; MYRISTIC ACIDS; YEASTS;

BRETTANOMYCES; DEKKERA ANOMALA; KLUYVEROMYCES;

EID: 9244259163     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.2205     Document Type: Article

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