Euglena gracilis : A Novel Lipid Energy Reserve and Arachidonic Acid Enrichment during Fasting
- 8 September 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 157 (3793), 1189-1191
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.157.3793.1189
Abstract
In Euglena gracilis grown in the dark, was esters, consisting of a combination of medium-chain fatty acids and alcohols that contain both odd and even numbers of carbon atoms, appear to be a reservoir for metabolic energy. When the organisms are fasted, their pellicular membrane systems become quite rich in long-chain polyenoic acids, mostly of the arachidonic acid family.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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