Amniotic fluid phosphatidylglycerol

Mitnick MA, DeMarco B, Gibbons JM. Amniotic fluid phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylinositol separated by stepwise-development thin-layer chromatography. Chn Chem 1980 26 277-81. 

As it was shown the stability of bilayer foam films (NBFs) and, respectively, the probability W for their observation of the thicker (grey) films depends considerably on the concentration of the surface active molecules (see Sections 3.4.3.2 and 3.4.4.3). Fig. 11.3 plots such dependences for various individual phospholipids such as phosphatidylglycerol, egg lecithin, DPPC, phosphatidylinosytol and their mixture (amniotic fluid). 

The surfactant replacement therapy treatment used may be either natural or artificial. Natural surfactants are derived from bovine or porcine animal lungs or human amniotic fluid. Synthetic or artificial surfactants are composed of DPPC and spreading agents such as unsaturated phosphatidylglycerol or tyloxapol and hexadecanol. ... 

Farquharson J, Jamieson EC, Berry E, Buchanan R, Logan RW. Assessment of the AmnioStat-ELM inimunoagglutination test for phosphatidylglycerol in amniotic fluid. CUn Chim Acta 1986 156 271-7. 

Francoual J, Cohen H, Benattar C, Papiernik E, Leluc R. Phosphatidylglycerol in amniotic fluid. Value of rapid determination using an immunologic technic. 

Freer DE, Statland BE, Sher G. Quantitation of disat-urated phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylglycerol in amniotic fluid by fluorescence diminution methodology and clinical results. Clin Chem 1979 25 960-8. 

Jones GW, Ashwood ER. Enzymatic measurement of phosphatidylglycerol in amniotic fluid. Clin Chem 1994 40 518-25. 

Muneshige A, Okazaki T, Quirk JG, MacDonald PC, Nozaki M, Johnston JM. A rapid and specific enzymatic method for the quantification of phosphatidylcholine, disaturated phosphatidylcholine, and phosphatidylglycerol in amniotic fluid. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1983 145 474-80. 

Weinbaum PJ, Richardson D, Schwartz JS, Gabbe SG. Amniostat ELM a new technique for detection of phosphatidylglycerol in amniotic fluid. Am J Perina-tol 1985 2 88-92. 

Ishizuka, T. Ishikawa, K. Maseki, M. Tomoda, Y. Tsuda, T. Determination of phosphatidylglycerol in amniotic fluid for prediction of foetal lung maturity by microbore-column liquid chromatography, J.Chromatogr., 1986, 380, 43—53. 

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