Cyclopropanecarboxylic acid: chain elongation to omega-cyclopropyl fatty acids by mammals and plants.
Rats dosed orally which [carboxyl-14C]cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (or its hexadecyl ester) retain radioactivity in tissue as novel triacylglycerols. The most abundant 14C-labeled metabolites were identified by gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry as 13-cyclopropyltridecanoic and 15-cyclopropylpentadecanoic acids. Similar omega-cyclopropyl fatty acids are produced by beagle dogs and a lactating cow, as well as by apple and orange trees.
D000818:Animals; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008892:Milk / Q000378:metabolism; D008925:Mites / Q000187:drug effects; D010575:Pesticides / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010575:Pesticides; C015766:cyclopropanecarboxylic acid