Abstract
Mucus from an asthmatic patient contained lipids which have not been analyzed before. The composition was similar to two other types of mucus lipids. The triglyceride fraction was highly saturated and contained large amounts of short chain fatty acids.
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Lewis, R.W. Lipid composition of human bronchial mucus. Lipids 6, 859–861 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02531221
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02531221