Antifungal action of cuticular lipids in insects

The Free Fatty Acids of Human Hair Fat

A. W. Weitkamp, A. M. Smiljanic, Stephen Rothman · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1947 · 135 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Nutrition +14

The Composition of the Surface Skin Fat (‘Sebum’) from the Human Forearm

R. M. B. MacKenna, Victor R. Wheatley, A. Wormall · Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 1950 · 117 citations

Medicine, Anatomy, Surface Anatomy +12

The Mechanism of Self-Disinfection of the Human Skin and its Appendages

J. M. L. Burtenshaw · Journal of Hygiene · 1942 · 114 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +16

The rancidity of coconut oil produced by mould action

William Norman Stokoe · Biochemical Journal · 1928 · 86 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Food Science +7

The fungistatic and fungicidal action of fatty acids and related compounds.

Orville Wyss, B. J. Ludwig, Robert R. Joiner · Arch. Biochem. · 1945 · 85 citations

Life Sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology +16