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5,9,23-triacontatrienoic acid, principal fatty acid of the marine spongeChondrilla nucula

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The marine spongeChondrilla nucula contains 34% 30∶3Δ5,9,23 in its total fatty acids. This nonmethylene-interrupted polyunsaturated acid, unknown in other living organisms, occurs mainly as an ester in phosphatidylethanolamine.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Rutgers University, 08903, New Brunswick, New Jersey

    Carter Litchfield, John Tyszkiewicz & Virginia Dato

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Litchfield, C., Tyszkiewicz, J. & Dato, V. 5,9,23-triacontatrienoic acid, principal fatty acid of the marine spongeChondrilla nucula . Lipids 15, 200–202 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02540971

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