title: Lack of the ganglioside molecular species containing the C20-long-chain bases in human, rat, mouse, rabbit, cat, dog, and chicken brains during prenatal life.
abstract: The long-chain base composition of the total gangliosides from fetal brain of human, rat, mouse, rabbit, cat, dog, and chicken has been investigated during prenatal life. All the analyzed ganglioside mixtures contained the C18:1- and C18:0-long-chain bases, the latter covering 2-5% of the total long-chain base content. The C20-long-chain bases, which are components of the total ganglioside mixture from adult animals, were absent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical School, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palestini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sonnino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tettamanti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002415:Cats; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004285:Dogs; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000378:metabolism*; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051379:Mice; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides