标题：Evidence of Docosahexaenoic Acid Synthesis and Predominant Existence of Arachidonic Acid in Livers of Fetal and Neonatal Crab-Eating Monkeys: Comparisons with Adults
期刊名称：Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
印刷版ISSN：0301-4800
电子版ISSN：1881-7742
出版年度：1993
卷号：39
期号：5
页码：521-525
DOI：10.3177/jnsv.39.521
出版社：Center for Academic Publications Japan
摘要：The microsomal synthesis of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) from radiolabeled eicosapentaenoic acid was tested in vitro using the livers of crab-eating monkeys. The test animals included 1 fetus (embryonic day 120), 2 neonates (full-term, embryonic day 165), and 2 adults. DHA was formed equally in the liver microsomas of each animal. Neonatal livers were found to contain higher percent of arachidonic acid than adult livers in both phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. DHA contents remained constant in the liver phospholipids of all test animals.
