The origin of bile lecithin and the use of bile to determine plasma lecithin turnover rates
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1958
Publication Title
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Volume
73
Issue
1
Abstract
Lecithin was extracted from hepatic bile of dogs injected with inorganic phosphate P32. The purified chloroform-methanol extract was found to contain all the phosphatide phosphorus and to be free of P32 contaminants. Comparison of liver, plasma, and bile phosphatide specific activities demonstrated that bile contains only lecithin, which is produced by the liver from the same precursor as is plasma lecithin. The collection of plasma and bile lecithin from chronic bile fistula dogs injected with P32 furnished a method for calculating the turnover rate of plasma lecithin. © 1958.
Recommended Citation
Zilversmit, D.,
&
Van Handel, E.
(1958).
The origin of bile lecithin and the use of bile to determine plasma lecithin turnover rates.
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
73(1).
http://doi.org/10.1016/0003-9861(58)90258-3
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