title: Lipid composition of the spinal cord in the fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus.
abstract: Spinal cords were removed from ten Egyptian fruit bats Rousettus aegyptiacus and the lipids analysed. The major phosphatides were choline glycerophosphatide (32.3%), ethanolamine glycerophosphatide (29.3%), serine glycerophosphatide (15.2%) and phosphatidylinositol (8.4%). Sphingomyelin accounted for 13.8% of the phospholipid. Glycosphingolipids amounted to 43.2 mol/100 mol lipid phosphorus, plasmalogens 32.5 mol/100 mol P and cholesterol 159.5 mol/100 mol P. The fatty acid composition of whole cord, sphingomyelin and non-hydroxy cerebroside were determined. The results were compared with data from other species.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D008055:Lipids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids