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Very Long Chain Fatty Acid

Known as: C26:0, VLCFA, C26:0 (VLCFA) 
A class of dietary fatty acids that have an alkyl chain length above 21 carbon atoms.
National Institutes of Health

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Assay, very long chain fatty acidsVLCFA C22:0 SerPl-sCncVLCFA C24:0 SerPl-sCncVLCFA C26:0 SerPl-sCnc

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hexacosanoic acid

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2013
2013
Molecular Species of Phospholipids with Very Long Chain Fatty Acids in Skin Fibroblasts of Zellweger Syndrome
The ratio of C26:0/C22:0 fatty acids in patient lipids is widely accepted as a critical clinical criterion of peroxisomal… 
2009
2009
Assessment of very long-chain fatty acids as complementary or alternative natural fecal markers to n-alkanes for estimating diet composition of goats feeding on mixed diets.
This study aimed to assess the use of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA) as an alternative or a complement to n-alkane markers… 
2006
2006
Relationship between dietary supply of long-chain fatty acids and membrane composition of long- and very long chain essential fatty acids in developing rat photoreceptors
The present study was designed to determine if dietary supply of long-chain fatty acid (LCFA, C20∶4n-6, and/or C22∶6n-3… 
2003
2003
Effect of dietary n-3 fatty acids on the composition of long- and very-long-chain polyenoic fatty acid in rat retina.
The effect of dietary supplementation with n-3 fatty acids, primarily docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) with high purity, on the fatty… 
2000
2000
Cholesterol metabolsim defect associated with Conradi–Hunerman–Happle syndrome
We present a 6‐week‐old black girl with Conradi–Hunerman–Happle syndrome (CHS). The mother had no past medical history of illness… 
1995
1995
Polyenoic very-long-chain fatty acids mobilize intracellular calcium from a thapsigargin-insensitive pool in human neutrophils. The relationship between Ca2+ mobilization and superoxide production…
Fatty acids with more than 22 carbon atoms (very-long-chain fatty acids; VLCFAs) are normal cellular components that have been… 
1994
1994
In Vitro Activation of Rat Brain Protein Kinase C by Polyenoic Very‐Long‐Chain Fatty Acids
Abstract: A variety of fatty acids including the cis‐polyunsaturated very‐long‐chain fatty acids (VLCFA) (>22 carbon atoms… 
1992
1992
Zellweger-like phenotype in two siblings: A defect in peroxisomal β-oxidation with elevated very long-chain fatty acids but normal bile acids
Reports have lately appeared where isolated deficiencies of each of the four enzymes that catalyse peroxisomal β-oxidation have… 
1986
1986
Very long‐chain fatty acids in erythrocyte membrane sphingomyelin
We used mass fragmentography to analyze a very long-chain fatty acid composition of erythrocyte membrane sphingomyelin. The… 
1968
1968
Fat Metabolism in Higher Plants XXXVI: Long Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis in Germinating Peas.
A low lipid, high starch containing tissue, namely cotyledons of germinating pea seedlings was examined for its capacity to… 
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