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Mass spectrometric evidence for the presence of platelet-activating factor (1-0-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) in human amniotic fluid during labor

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Evidence is presented for the existence of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in human amniotic fluid during labor by gas-liquid chromatographic (GLC) and mass-spectrometric (MS) analysis. The unique ether-linked phospholipid was identified only in an amniotic fluid obtained from women during labor, and its alkyl side chain was composed exclusively of octadecyl residue.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, 060, Sapporo, Japan

    Jun Nishihira, Teruo Ishibashi & Yoh Imai

  2. Faculty of General Education, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 272, Ichikawa, Japan

    Toshio Muramatsu

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Nishihira, J., Ishibashi, T., Imai, Y. et al. Mass spectrometric evidence for the presence of platelet-activating factor (1-0-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) in human amniotic fluid during labor. Lipids 19, 907–910 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02534724

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