No evidence for direct incorporation of esterified palmitic acid from plasma into brain lipids of awake adult rat

Awake adult rats were given a solution of [9,10-3H]palmitate ([3H]PAM) by gavage. The appearance of radiolabel in plasma lipid fractions was monitored by thin-layer chromatography at fixed intervals thereafter. At 2 h, the rats were killed by microwave irradiation and radioactivity in whole brain an...

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Main Authors: D Purdon, T Arai, S Rapoport
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1997-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520372606