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The structure of arachidonic and linoleic acids

C. L. Arcus, Ida Smedley-Maclean

Biochemical Journal · 1943 · 21 citations · 3 references

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Early in 1940 Shinowara & Brown described the results of the ozonolysis of methyl arachidonate and of its oxidation by KMnO4 in acetone solution.As a result of their experimentstheyformulated arachi- donic acid as A1810-14 18-eicosatetrenoic acid (I): CH03.CH:CH1.CH2 .CH2 CH:CH.CH2.CH2.CH:CH.CH2 .CH2. CH:CH.CH2 .CH2. CH2.CH2 * C02H (I

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