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Characterization of a prostaglandin-like metabolite of linolenic acid produced by a flaxseed extract

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One of the products formed upon incubation of linolenic acid (cis9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid) with an extract of flaxseed acetone powder has been characterized as 8-[2-(cis-pent-2′-enyl)-3-oxo-cis-cyclopent-4-enyl]octanoic acid. The cyclopentenone ring structure of this acid is analogous to that of the A-type prostaglandins produced in mammalian systems.

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  1. Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, 58102, Fargo, North Dakota

    D. C. Zimmerman & Paul Feng

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Zimmerman, D.C., Feng, P. Characterization of a prostaglandin-like metabolite of linolenic acid produced by a flaxseed extract. Lipids 13, 313–316 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533720

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