A Review of Odd-Chain Fatty Acid Metabolism and the Role of Pentadecanoic Acid (C15:0) and Heptadecanoic Acid (C17:0) in Health and Disease

The role of C17:0 and C15:0 in human health has recently been reinforced following a number of important biological and nutritional observations. Historically, odd chain saturated fatty acids (OCS-FAs) were used as internal standards in GC-MS methods of total fatty acids and LC-MS methods of intact...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Jenkins, James A. West, Albert Koulman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/2/2425