Synthesis of α-Linolenic Acid by Leishmania enriettii
- 6 December 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 142 (3597) , 1301-1303
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3597.1301
Abstract
The zooflagellate Leishmania enriettii synthesizes α-linolenic acid as determined by experiments with stearic acid uniformly labeled with C14. This is the first demonstration of the synthesis of α-linolenic acid by a nonphotosynthetic organism.Keywords
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