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Preparation of Lipid Extracts Tissues

The following was first published by W.W. Christie, in Advances in Lipid…

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Guerbet Compounds

Synthesis The Guerbet reaction is named after Marcel Guerbet (1861-1938) [1]. However,…

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Silver Ion Chromatography and Lipids, Part 2

A. Introduction B. Principles of Silver Ion Complexation with Double Bonds C.…

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Mammalian Diacylglycerol Acyltransferases (DGAT)

Introduction Triacylglycerols (TGs) are esters of fatty acids and glycerol and are…

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Methods of Preparation of Fatty Acids and Their Derivatives: Laboratory Exercises

Preface and Foreward The information reported here was assembled by Dr. Howard…