Alveolar and saccular lung phospholipids of the anaconda, Eunectes murinus

摘要: Phospholipids and their mode of synthesis in lung samples from the alveolar saccular regions an anaconda (Eunectes murinus) were investigated by standard techniques chloroform–methanol extraction two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. The has six times as much phosphatidylcholine its wash lipid extract lung. Phosphatidylcholine sphingomyelin are two principal phospholipids tissue both lungs. Alveolar incorporates a higher percentage although smaller total amount [1-14C]acetate (54%) into (including lysophosphatidylcholine), whereas only 8% lysophosphatidylcholine) 60% sphingomyelin. Saccular synthesized 31% disphosphatidylglycerol [1-14C]acetate; did not synthesize any. Surface tension plots extracts show slight surpellic activity with minimum surface tensions 2...