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. 1979 Sep;64(3):428–430. doi: 10.1104/pp.64.3.428

Elongation Pathway for α-Linolenic Acid Synthesis in Spinach Leaves

A Reexamination 1

Denis J Murphy a, P K Stumpf a
PMCID: PMC543106  PMID: 16660981

Abstract

Leaf slices from spinach exhibited considerable variation in their incorporation of [14C]bicarbonate and [1-14C]acetate into fatty acids. Reductive ozonolysis studies indicated that all the 14C-labeled fatty acids were synthesized de novo; no in vivo evidence was found for the previously proposed elongation of hexadecatrienoate to α-linolenate.

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