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. 2001 Mar;36(3):319-21.
doi: 10.1007/s11745-001-0724-6.

A new delta 7-polyunsaturated fatty acid in Taxus spp. Seed lipids, dihomotaxoleic (7,11-20:2) acid

F Destaillats  1 , R L Wolff, P Angers
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A new delta 7-polyunsaturated fatty acid in Taxus spp. Seed lipids, dihomotaxoleic (7,11-20:2) acid

F Destaillats et al. Lipids. 2001 Mar.

Abstract

A previously undescribed fatty acid, all-cis 7,11-20:2 (dihomotaxoleic acid, DHT), has been characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry as being present (approximately 0.1%) in seed oils of two Taxaceae containing high levels (11-16%) of taxoleic acid (all-cis 5,9-18:2). This compound was absent from oils of 10 other conifer genera, as well as from one member of Taxaceae containing very low amounts of taxoleic acid, suggesting that DHT is a taxoleic acid elongation product.

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