Abrtract The ethanolamine-containing glycerophospholipids, choline-containing glycerophospholipids, and phosphatidylinmitol fractions are major sources of arachidonic acid in murine mastocytoma P-815 cloned cells. The choline-linked fraction contained high arachidonic acid contents in 1-0-alkyl-2-acyl(18%) and 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (ll%), with smaller amounts in l-O-alk-l'-enyl...

Addition of lithiated alkyl dithianes to benzoyl chloride or methyl benzoate does not produce the expected product of double addition, alpha,alpha-bis(alkyldithianyl) benzyl alcohol, for alkyls larger than methyl. Instead, the first step intermediate, i.e. 2-benzoylated dithiane, undergoes an electron-transfer reduction by the second molecule of the dithianyl anion. This reduction is followed b...

5-((4-alkoxyphenyl)azo)salicyladehyde, 5-((4-alkoxyphenyl)azo)-n-(npentyl, ndodecyl)-salicyladimine and bis [5-((4-alkoxyphenyl)azo)-n-(npentyl, ndodecyl)-salicyladiminato]copper(ii) [alkoxy=oncnh2n+1; n=3-7] homologues were synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, mass and ir spectra. all complex homologues are thermally stable. cyclic voltammetric studies indicated that all copper...

Considerable interest has developed recently in naturally occurring phosphatides containing ether groups. Two classes of ether-containing phosphatides can be envisaged, i.e. monoether, monoester phosphatides, and diether phosphatides. To date, t,he only monoether, monoester phosphatides known to occur naturally are analogues of phosphatidylethanolamine (1-4) and phosphatidylcholine (5, 6). A ch...

Elevations in the mass of ether-linked diglycerides (i.e. 1-O-alk-1'-enyl-2-acyl-sn-glycerol (AAG) and 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycerol (Alkyl AG)) during cellular activation are prolonged in comparison to their 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol (DAG) counterparts. Since the metabolic removal of DAG is determined, in large part, by the rate of its phosphorylation by diglyceride kinase, we quantified differenc...

We have synthesized spin-labeled (SL) and fluorescently labeled diacyl, 1-alkyl-2-acyl-, and di-alkyl glycerophospholipids. The sn-2 chain was a short chain with either a nitroxide group or a 7-nitro-2, 1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl (NBD). After incorporation in the exoplasmic leaflet of human erythrocytes, we found that SL-phosphatidylcholine (PC) redistributed very slowly across the plasma membrane,...

: BHK-21-cI3 fibroblasts were incubated with [I-3H, U-14C]glucose or 14C]glucose to produce intracellular [3H]NADPH via the phosphogluconate pathway. 3H and 14C were then determined at the th~ee positions of glycerol in glycerol phosphate, saponifiable glycerolipids, alkyl ether glycerolipids and plasmalogens. The 3H/14C ratio at C-2 in glycerol of saponifiable glycerolipids is 2-10 fold greate...

this study demonstrates the spectral data for two triarylmethane dyes, malachite green (mg) and crystal violet (cv) at room temperature. effects of micellar environment, and crown ether addition on the spectral behaviour of the dyes were studied using absorption spectroscopic method. the dye-anionic surfactant interactions in micellar media were investigated. the chosen surfactants with differe...

A modified dumbbell obtained by replacing one of the phenyl groups of the dibenzylammonium with a strong electron-withdrawing trifluoromethyl group templated the synthesis of the smallest [2]rotaxane reported so far. The trifluoromethyl group not only enhances the templating effect of the dumbbell but also acts as the stopper to prevent dethreading of a [20]crown ether macrocycle.