Biochemistry, comparative Lipid metabolism

Saz, H.J. and Lescure, O.L. (1966) Interrelationships between the carbohydrate and lipid metabolism of Ascaris lumbricoides egg and adult stages. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 18, 845-857. 

Hansen, H.J.M. (1987). Comparative studies on lipid metabolism in various salt-transporting organs of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). Mono-unsaturated phosphatidyl ethanolamine as a key substance. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 88B, 323-332. 

Lautier J., J.L. Chanal, and A. DeUion (1986). Comparative hydrolipidemic effects of clofibric acid and itanoxone on the metabolism and distribution of lipids in the crab Pachygraspus marmoratus (Decopoda, Brachyura). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C 85 269-274. 

Comparative biochemistry. Some researchers believe that the proper role of comparative biochemistry is to put evolution on a molecular basis, and that detoxication enzymes, like other enzymes, are suitable subjects for study. Xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes were probably essential in the early stages of animal evolution because secondary plant products, even those of low toxicity, are frequently lipophilic and as a consequence would, in the absence of such enzymes, accumulate in lipid membranes and lipid depots. The evolution of cytochrome P450 isoforms, with more than 2000 isoform cDNA sequences known, is proving a useful tool for the study of biochemical evolution. 

Kinsella, J.E. (1966). General metabolism of the hexapod embryo with particular reference to lipids. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 19,291-304. 

Lewander, K., Dave, G., Johansson, M.-L., Larsson, A. and Lidman, U. (1974). Metabolic and haematological studies on the yellow and silver phases of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. -1. Carbohydrate, lipid, protein and inorganic ion metabolism. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 47B, 571-581. 

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