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Phospholipid and fatty-acid compositions of higher fungi

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The phospholipid and fatty-acid compositions of nine species of higher fungi have been investigated. In the various species studied the amount of total lipids ranged from 14 to 78 mg per gram dry weight. Phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine were found as the main classes of phospholipids. In addition to these, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, cardiolipin and lyso derivatives of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine were also found. The main fatty acids were palmitic, oleic, and linoleic, their amount in some species reaching 90%; other acids were also found, but in small amounts.

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  1. V. M. Dembitskii
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Institute of Ecology of the Volga Basin, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Tol'yatti. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 182–184, March–April, 1991.

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Dembitskii, V.M., Pechenkina, E.E. Phospholipid and fatty-acid compositions of higher fungi. Chem Nat Compd 27, 155–156 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00629748

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