Distribution pattern of alkanes in whole brain mitochondria, microsomes, synaptosomes and myelin isolated from normal mouse.
An homologous series of n-alkanes, which are the major aliphatic hydrocarbons, has been identified in normal mouse brain and in brain subfractions: myelin, mitochondria, microsomes, synaptosomes. The distribution patterns are qualitatively similar within all the studied fractions and show approximately equal amounts of odd and even chains. These alkanes, present in minor amounts in all the brain subfractions, accumulate in the myelin.
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Laboratoire de Neurochemie, INSERM U 134, CNRS ERA 421, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 75634, Paris, Cedex 13 France.
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