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recessive neurological disease that
results in the over-ac****ulation of
phytanic acid in
cells and tissues. It is one of
several disorders named after Norwegian...
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Phytanic acid (or 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl
hexadecanoic acid) is a
branched chain fatty acid that
humans can
obtain through the
consumption of
dairy products...
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hearing loss.
Although humans cannot derive phytanic acid from chlorophyll, they can
convert free
phytol into
phytanic acid. Thus,
patients with
Refsum disease...
- such as
rabbits and rodents.
Great apes
derive significant amounts of
phytanic acid from the
hindgut fermentation of
plant materials.
Monogastrics cannot...
- In humans, alpha-oxidation is used in
peroxisomes to
break down
dietary phytanic acid,
which cannot undergo beta-oxidation due to its β-methyl branch, into...
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mutations in the PEX
family of genes. IRD is ****ociated with
deficient phytanic acid catabolism, as is
adult Refsum disease, but they are
different disorders...
- of very long
chain fatty acids and
branched chain fatty acids, such as
phytanic acid. In addition, PBD-ZSD
patients show
deficient levels of plasmalogens...
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chain fatty acids,
impaired very long
chain fatty acid beta-oxidation,
phytanic acid alpha-oxidation,
pristanic acid alpha-oxidation, and
plasmalogen biosynthesis...
- with
phytanic acid. In humans,
pristanic acid is
obtained from two sources:
either directly from the diet or as the
alpha oxidation product of
phytanic acid...
- 312.3028 u) may
refer to:
Arachidic acid, also
called eicosanoic acid
Phytanic acid This set
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lists chemical structure articles ****ociated with...