 gamma-Linolenic Acid
"gamma-Linolenic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An omega-6 fatty acid produced in the body as the delta 6-desaturase metabolite of linoleic acid. It is converted to dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid, a biosynthetic precursor of monoenoic prostaglandins such as PGE1. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
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D017965
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D10.251.355.310.640.425 D10.251.355.343.249 D10.251.355.450.450
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "gamma-Linolenic Acid" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Vorapreeda T, Thammarongtham C, Palasak T, Srisuk T, Jenjaroenpun P, Wongsurawat T, Nookaew I, Laoteng K. Systematic genome analysis of a novel arachidonic acid-producing strain uncovered unique metabolic traits in the production of acetyl-CoA-derived products in Mortierellale fungi. Gene. 2020 May 30; 741:144559.
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