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Occurrence of ethanolamine‐ and choline‐containing plasmalogens in adipose tissue
Author(s) -
Grigor M. R.,
Moehl Anita,
Snyder Fred
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02533243
Subject(s) - ethanolamine , degree of unsaturation , clinical chemistry , phospholipid , choline , adipose tissue , lipidology , chemistry , biochemistry , plasmalogen , chromatography , organic chemistry , membrane
Analysis of phospholipids in porcine, bovine and rat adipose tissue revealed a relatively high level of plasmalogens ( O ‐alk‐1‐enyl lipids). About 50% of the ethanolamine phospholipids in the pig and beef samples consisted of alk‐1‐enylacylglycerophosphorylethanolamine, and the corresponding value for the rat sample was near 35%. In the ethanolamine and choline phospholipid fractions, the O ‐alk‐1‐enyl moieties were almost exclusively 16∶0, 18∶0 and 18∶1, whereas the acyl moieties had chain lengths ranging from 16 to 22 carbon atoms with a high degree of unsaturation.