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Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 75(1-2): 145-55, 1980.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7231156
2.
An Acad Bras Cienc
; 50(4): 599, 1978 Dec.
Article
in Portuguese
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-373541
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Comp Biochem Physiol B
; 58(2): 195-9, 1977.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-400952
ABSTRACT
1. Lipid composition of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote form in culture consist of 35% of phospholipids and 65% of neutral lipids. 2. Among the phospholipids, phosphatidylcholine is the more abundant (44%), followed by phosphatidylethanolamine (28%), phosphatidylinositol (12%), sphingomyelin (4%), and smaller amounts of cardiolipin, phosphatidic acid, lysolecithin, phosphatidylserine (traces), and an unidentified phospholipid (3%). 3. Pulse labeling with 32P showed highest specific incorporation in phosphatidylethanolamine, followed by phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylcholine, suggesting a more active role for phosphatidylethanolamine in these organisms.