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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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2004
2004
Omega-hydroxylation of phytanic acid in rat liver microsomes: implications for Refsum disease.
The 3-methyl-branched fatty acid phytanic acid is degraded by the peroxisomal alpha-oxidation route because the 3-methyl group… 
1999
1999
Phytanic acid alpha-oxidation: identification of 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase in rat liver and its localisation in peroxisomes.
1996
1996
Studies on the degradation of [U-3H]-phytanic acid and [U-3H]-pristanic acid in cultured fibroblasts from children with peroxisomal disorders.
Up till now, errors of phytanic acid metabolism in children with peroxisomal disorders have been estimated by measuring 14CO2… 
1995
1995
Ketoconazole and other imidazole derivatives are potent inhibitors of peroxisomal phytanic acid α‐oxidation
1995
1995
Substrate specificity of rat liver mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyl transferase I: evidence against α‐oxidation of phytanic acid in rat liver mitochondria
1994
1994
2-Hydroxyphytanic acid oxidase activity in rat and human liver and its deficiency in the Zellweger syndrome.
1993
1993
Intraorganellar localization of CoASH‐independent phytanic acid oxidation in human liver peroxisomes
1990
1990
Identification of pristanoyl-CoA oxidase activity in human liver and its deficiency in the Zellweger syndrome.
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
1969
Highly Cited
1969
A major pathway for the mammalian oxidative degradation of phytanic acid.
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