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Synthesis of Dipalmitoyl Lecithin by Alveolar Macrophages
Robert J. Mason, … , Gary Huber, Martha Vaughan
Robert J. Mason, … , Gary Huber, Martha Vaughan
Published January 1, 1972
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1972;51(1):68-73. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI106798.
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Synthesis of Dipalmitoyl Lecithin by Alveolar Macrophages

Abstract

A reliable, relatively simple method for isolation and quantification of disaturated lecithins is described. In rabbit lung, 34% of the lecithins were disaturated, in alveolar macrophages, 19%. More than 95% of the fatty acids of the disaturated lecithins from lung and alveolar macrophages was palmitic. Hence, the disaturated lecithins from these sources were essentially all dipalmitoyl lecithin.

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Robert J. Mason, Gary Huber, Martha Vaughan

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