Structure elucidation and studies relating to the synthesis of plasmalopentaene-12

The glycerol enol ether, fecapentaene-12, is a direct acting fecal mutagen that is formed in the lower portion of the gastrointestional tract by anaerobic bacteria. The biological precursor to fecapentaene-12 is a natural product of mammalian origin whose role in the etiology of colon cancer is unkn...

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Main Author: Keyes, Robert F.
Other Authors: Chemistry
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27979
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-171532/