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Phytanic acid: production from phytol, its breakdown and role in human disease

โœ Scribed by D. M. van den Brink; R. J. A. Wanders

Publisher
Springer
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
637 KB
Volume
63
Category
Article
ISSN
1420-682X

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Phytanic acid storage disease (known also as Refsum's Disease) is caused by inherited defects in the metabolic pathway for phytanic acid, a dietary branched-chain fatty acid. Poorly metabolized phytanic acid accumulates in fatty tissues, including myelin sheaths, and in organs including the liver an