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. 2018 Oct 26;8(4):69. doi: 10.3390/metabo8040069

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GC-MS detection of brain fatty acids. A typical total ion chromatogram (TIC) of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from post-mortem brain tissue. The peaks were identified as 1. lauric acid, 2. pentadecanoic acid, 3. palmitic acid, 4. palmitoleic acid, 5. heptadecanoic acid, 6. cis-10-heptadecanoic acid, 7. stearic acid, 8. oleic acid, 9. linolelaidic acid, 10. linoleic acid, 11. arachidic acid, 12. cis-11-eicosanoic acid, 13. linolenic acid, 14. heneicosanoic acid, 15. cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid, 16. erucic acid, 17. cis-11,14,17-eicosatrienoic acid, 18. cis-11,14-eicosadienoic acid, 19. behenic acid, 20. arachidonic acid, 21. tricosanoic acid, 22. cis-13,16-docosadienoic acid, 23. lignoceric acid, 24. nervonic acid, 25. docosahexaenoic acid.