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Quantitative Determination of De Novo Fatty Acid Synthesis in Brown Adipose Tissue Using Deuterium Oxide
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Quantitative Determination of De Novo Fatty Acid Synthesis in Brown Adipose Tissue Using Deuterium Oxide
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07:34 min

May 12, 2023

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Chapters

  • 00:04Introduction
  • 00:48Lipid Extraction from Adipose Tissue
  • 02:31Preparation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAMEs) and GCMS Analysis
  • 04:08Deuterium Acetone Exchange of Plasma Samples to Determine Body Water Enrichment
  • 05:04Results: Plasma Body Water Enrichment from D2O, and Brown Adipose Tissue Total Fatty Acid Enrichment and Synthesis after 3 Days of D2O Administration
  • 06:34Conclusion

Summary

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Here, we present an inexpensive quantitative method utilizing deuterium oxide and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS) for the analysis of total fatty acid de novo lipogenesis in brown adipose tissue in vivo.

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