Incorporation of acetate-1-(14)C into phospholipids and fatty acids by lung slices from fetal and newborn lambs and from ewes was studied in vitro. The distribution of radioactivity in the fatty acids of neutral lipids, phospholipids, and lecithin was determined. Acetate-1-(14)C was incorporated into myristic, palmitic, and C(18) fatty acids. Of the lecithin fatty acids, myristic and palmitic w...

However, a scrutiny of all the work on lecithin reveals a remarkable incompleteness of each individual investigation. A rigorous proof of the accepted theory requires for lecithin an element,ary composition of C = 65.60, H = 10.79, N = 1.74, P = 3.86. It further requires that the nitrogen of the molecule should be composed entirely of choline. Hence, lecithin should not contain even a part of i...

Rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes ingesting paraffin oil particles stabilized with albumin, converted more lysolecithin-(32)P (added to the medium as an albumin complex) to cellular lecithin than did control cells. Almost all of the increment in leukocyte lecithin-(32)P is found in association with the isolated phagocytic vacuoles. About half of lecithin-(32)P of granulocytes incubated first ...

The flocculation tests currently used for the serodiagnosis of syphilis involve the use of an aqueous emulsion of cholesterol, beef heart lecithin, and cardiolipin which undergoes aggregation when treated with Wassermann antibody (1). The r81e of cholesterol in ihis reaction has been depicted as providing a particulate surface which enhances the visibility of the aggregates formed by the antige...

The first long-term double-blind placebo controlled trial of high dose lecithin in senile dementia of the Alzheimer type is reported. Fifty one subjects were given 20-25 g/day of purified soya lecithin (containing 90% phosphatidyl plus lysophosphatidyl choline) for six months and followed up for at least a further six months. Plasma choline levels were monitored throughout the treatment period....

We sought to determine if lecithin would produce a dose-response effect, increasing carotenoid bioaccessibility and Caco-2 cell uptake. A mixture of β-carotene, lycopene, lutein zeaxanthin was digested with concentrations (0–10 mg lecithin/mL test meal) ∼4% vegetable oil (n = 6 per condition). In vitro gastric, duodenal, jejunal digestion mimicked for 1 h each, the micellar fraction isolated an...

The objective of this study was to specify the effects of centrifugation and different surface of soybean lecithin-based extender on post-thaw Sperm quality of Ghezel ram semen. Semen samples were gathered from 5 mature Ghezel ram two/week for 3 weeks. After initial evaluation, the approved semen samples were pooled together and split into equal parts in Falcon tubes. Three samples were combine...

Although the serodiagnosis of syphilis by various tests has been carried out routinely for many years, our knowledge concerning the chemical nature of the specific antibody and antigen is still too limited to allow a satisfactory interpretation of the serological reactions involved. Valuable contributions towards the elucidation of the structure of several constituents of the antigen have been ...