Phosphatidyl glycerol, disphosphatidyl glycerol, and phosphatidyl ethanolamine were found in all of the Thiobacillus species studied. T. thioparus possessed only these phospholipids. T. intermedius, T. neapolitanus, and T. thiooxidans contained phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine, and T. novellus lipids contained phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine, phosphatidyl-N-N-dimethylethanolamine, an...

A particulate fraction from rat brain catalyzes the incorporation of [(14)C]choline, [(14)C]ethanolamine, and l-[(14)C]serine into phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylserine, respectively. The reaction appears to be energy-independent since Mg(2+), CTP, ATP, and NaF have no stimulatory action. The incorporation is inhibited by EDTA and activated by Ca(2+). The pH opti...

Phospholipase C activity present in the growth medium of Bacillus ceyeus was purified 2o-fold by chromatography on polyethyleneimine-cellulose columns, or by treatment with protamine sulfate and subsequent chromatography on DEAE-cellulose columns. Purified enzyme preparations retained the ability to hydrolyze ethanolamine phosphoglycerides in the absence of choline phosphoglycerides. A typical ...

After the intramuscular administration of 100,000 LU. of retinol (Prepalin) daily for 13 days to a group of young rats, their daily food consumption, body weights, total spleen lipids, total spleen cholesterol and phospholipid phosphorus did not differ significantly from a control group. A significant enlargement of spleen was observed in the treated rats. A significant increase in the con cent...

The 2011 Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel members are: Chair, Wilma F. Bergfeld, M.D., F.A.C.P.; Donald V. Belsito, M.D.; Ronald A. Hill, Ph.D.; Curtis D. Klaassen, Ph.D.; Daniel C. Liebler, Ph.D.; James G. Marks, Jr., M.D.; Ronald C. Shank, Ph.D.; Thomas J. Slaga, Ph.D.; and Paul W. Snyder, D.V.M., Ph.D. The CIR Director is F. Alan Andersen, Ph.D. This report was prepared by Monice M. F...

Context. Theories of the origins life propose that early cell membranes were synthesised from amphiphilic molecules simpler than phospholipids, such as fatty alcohols. The discovery in interstellar medium (ISM) ethanolamine, simplest phospholipid head group, raises question whether simple are also space. Aims. We investigate precursors alcohols present ISM. Methods. To do this, we have carried ...

A synthesis of racemic diether analogues of glyceryl phosphatides is reported which is applicable to unsaturated aliphatic substituents. The "oleyl" diether analogue of phosphatidyl ethanolamine has been synthesized.