Acne Vulgaris
- 1 March 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 101 (3), 337-339
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1970.04000030081013
Abstract
The fatty acids from 42 isolates of Corynebacterium acnes were studied by gas-liquid chromatography, and ranged from C10 to C18 with trace amounts of fatty acids above C18. The predominant fatty acid had a carbon number of 14.66, the relative carbon number of isobranched C15 fatty acid. No significant differences were found in the fatty acid pattern of the C acnes from patients with and without acne. We believe this excludes the alternative that irritant (medium chain length, eg, C8 to C14) fatty acids are derived from C acnes.Keywords
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