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Arsenic-Containing Long-Chain Fatty Acids in Cod-Liver Oil: A Result of Biosynthetic Infidelity?†

  1. Alice Rumpler1,
  2. John S. Edmonds Dr.1,
  3. Mariko Katsu1,
  4. Kenneth B. Jensen Dr.2,
  5. Walter Goessler Dr.1,
  6. Georg Raber Dr.1,
  7. Helga Gunnlaugsdottir Dr.3,
  8. Kevin A. Francesconi Prof.1

Article first published online: 27 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705405

Issue

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 47, Issue 14, pages 2665–2667, March 25, 2008

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How to Cite

Rumpler, A., Edmonds, John S., Katsu, M., Jensen, Kenneth B., Goessler, W., Raber, G., Gunnlaugsdottir, H. and Francesconi, Kevin A. (2008), Arsenic-Containing Long-Chain Fatty Acids in Cod-Liver Oil: A Result of Biosynthetic Infidelity?. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47: 2665–2667. doi: 10.1002/anie.200705405

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute of Chemistry–Analytical Chemistry, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Universitaetsplatz 1, 8010 Graz, Austria, Fax: (+43) 316-380-9845 http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/achwww/Seiten/englische%20Seiten/e_arbeitsgruppen.htm

  2. 2

    Institute for Physics and Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark, 55 Campusvej, 5230 Odense, Denmark

  3. 3

    Matís, Skúlagata 4, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

  1. †

    We thank the Austrian Science Council (FWF, Project P16816-N11) for financial support.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 MAR 2008
  2. Article first published online: 27 FEB 2008
  3. Manuscript Revised: 21 DEC 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 26 NOV 2007

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  • Austrian Science Council. Grant Number: FWF, Project P16816-N11

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Keywords:

  • arsenic;
  • cod-liver oil;
  • fatty acids;
  • lipids;
  • mass spectrometry
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A bit fishy: Six arsenolipids have been isolated from cod-liver oil and identified by HPLC and mass spectrometry as a series of arsenic-containing long-chain fatty acids (for example, see picture). These fatty acids account for about 20 % of the total arsenolipid content of cod-liver oil.

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