Qualitative and quantitative study of the highly specialized lipid tissues of cetaceans using HR-MAS NMR and classical GC.

Cetacean adipose tissues contain an extremely very wide variety of acyl-chains present in triacylglycerols and / or wax esters. In addition, changes in the lipid composition across organs suggest fine stratification. It therefore remains technically challenging to describe precisely the lipid organi...

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Main Authors: Jean-Luc Jung, Gaelle Simon, Eric Alfonsi, Didier Thoraval, Nelly Kervarec, Douraied Ben Salem, Sami Hassani, Frédéric Domergue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5498043?pdf=render