Abstract
Summary
The rate of incorporation of labeled 2-aminoethylphosphonate (AEP) into liver lipids was similar for microsomes, mitochondria and soluble fraction. In vitamin A deficiency this rate was accelerated in all subcellular fractions. The peak of incorporation was between 3 and 6 hr.
The half-lives of lipid labeled with AEP from microsomes, mitochondria and soluble fractions were statistically similar (approx 4 days) for control and deficient rats.
The authors thank Dr. John M. Krall, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, West Virginia University for his assistance in the statistical treatment of our data.
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