Elongation Pathway for α-Linolenic Acid Synthesis in Spinach Leaves

Abstract
Leaf slices from spinach [Spinacia oleracea] exhibited considerable variation in their incorporation of [14C]bicarbonate and [1-14C]acetate into fatty acids. Reductive ozonolysis studies indicated that all the 14C-labeled fatty acids were synthesized de novo; no in vivo evidence was found for the previously proposed elongation of hexadecatrienoate to .alpha.-linolenate.

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