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pristanic acid

Known as: 2,6,10, 14-tetramethylpentadecanoic acid 
National Institutes of Health

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Fatty Acids

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Phytanic acid metabolism in health and disease.
Review
2010
Review
2010
Biochemistry and genetics of inherited disorders of peroxisomal fatty acid metabolism
In humans, peroxisomes harbor a complex set of enzymes acting on various lipophilic carboxylic acids, organized in two basic… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
The chemical biology of branched-chain lipid metabolism.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Pristanic acid and phytanic acid: naturally occurring ligands for the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha.
Phytanic acid and pristanic acid are branched-chain fatty acids, present at micromolar concentrations in the plasma of healthy… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Subcellular localization and physiological role of alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase.
alpha-Methylacyl-CoA racemase plays an important role in the beta-oxidation of branched-chain fatty acids and fatty acid… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Phytanic acid and pristanic acid are oxidized by sequential peroxisomal and mitochondrial reactions in cultured fibroblasts.
The relationship between peroxisomal and mitochondrial oxidation of the methyl branched fatty acids, phytanic acid and pristanic… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The CoA esters of 2-methyl-branched chain fatty acids and of the bile acid intermediates di- and trihydroxycoprostanic acids are oxidized by one single peroxisomal branched chain acyl-CoA oxidase in…
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Identification and purification of a peroxisomal branched chain fatty acyl-CoA oxidase.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Refsum's disease: defective oxidation of phytanic acid in tissue cultures derived from homozygotes and heterozygotes.
Abstract A defect in phytanic acid oxidation was demonstrated in cultured fibroblasts derived from skin biopsies of 11 patients… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Alpha-decarboxylation, an important pathway for degradation of phytanic acid in animals.
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