title: Insect tissues, not microorganisms, produce linoleic acid in the house cricket and the American cockroach.
abstract: Biosynthesis of linoleic acid, 18:2 (n-6), was unambiguously demonstrated to occur in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana, and the cricket, Acheta domesticus. Axenic tissue from both of these insect species was demonstrated by radio-gas-liquid chromatography (radio-GLC) and radio-high-performance liquid chromatography (radio-HPLC) to incorporate [1-14C]acetate and [1-14C]oleate into this essential fatty acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Reno 89557.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Borgeson
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kurtti
authors.forename: U G
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Munderloh
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Blomquist
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D003058:Cockroaches; D006135:Gryllidae; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D008041:Linoleic Acids; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D019787:Linoleic Acid