On the quantitative importance of omega-oxidation of fatty acids.

The relative importance of omega-oxidation of fatty acids in livers of starved rats was studied by determination of the ratio between 14C at C1 and at C2, C3, C4 in acetoacetate formed from [16-14C]palmitic acid in vivo and in vitro and from [10(-14)C]decanoic acid in vitro. The results are consiste...

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Main Author: I Björkhem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1978-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520412908