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pristanic acid

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

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Phytanic acid metabolism in health and disease.
Phytanic acid (3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid) is a branched-chain fatty acid which cannot be beta-oxidized due to the… Expand
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… Expand
Review
2004
Review
2004
The metabolism of phytanic acid and pristanic acid in man: A review
The branched-chain fatty acid phytanic acid is a constituent of the diet, present in diary products, meat and fish. Degradation… Expand
Review
2001
Review
2001
Human metabolism of phytanic acid and pristanic acid.
Phytanic acid is a methyl-branched fatty acid present in the human diet. Due to its structure, degradation by beta-oxidation is… Expand
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… Expand
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… Expand
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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… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Rapid stable isotope dilution analysis of very-long-chain fatty acids, pristanic acid and phytanic acid using gas chromatography-electron impact mass spectrometry.
A common feature of most peroxisomal disorders is the accumulation of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) and/or pristanic and… Expand
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…
Rat liver peroxisomes contain three acyl-CoA oxidases: palmitoyl-CoA oxidase, which oxidizes the CoA esters of straight chain… Expand
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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… Expand
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