| Literature DB >> 4010488 |
A C Chan, B Fragiskos, C E Douglas, P C Choy.
Abstract
When perfused with exogenous arachidonic acid (AA), the rat heart incorporates this eicosanoid precursor into the phospholipids. The incorporation of AA into phosphatidylcholine was 6-fold higher than the incorporation of AA into phosphatidylethanolamine. When vitamin E-deficient rat hearts were perfused with AA, there was a marked increase in incorporation of AA into both phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine compared to rats fed with a vitamin E supplemented diet. The result of this study suggests that vitamin E has a regulatory role in phospholipid biosynthesis in the mammalian heart.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 4010488 DOI: 10.1007/bf02534268
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lipids ISSN: 0024-4201 Impact factor: 1.880