Eustachian tube surfactant is different from alveolar surfactant: determination of phospholipid composition of porcine eustachian tube lavage fluid
Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is the main phospholipid in lung surfactant and, more specifically, dipalmitoyl PC (PC16:0/16:0) is the major surface-active component. Several studies have tentatively shown that eustachian tube lavage fluid (ETLF) contains surface-active material. The aim of the present st...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2002-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520301929 |