Matoba, N.

1 publication

Kuroki, S.; Schteingart, C. D.; Hagey, L. R.; Cohen, B. I.; Mosbach, E. H.; Rossi, S. S.; Hofmann, A. F.; Matoba, N.; Une, Mizuho; Hoshita, Takahiko; Odell, Daniel Keith (detail)
1988Bile salts of the West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris: novel bile alcohol sulfates and absence of bile acids.
Jour. Lipid Research 29: 509-522. 6 tabs. 5 figs.
—Reports that salts in manatee gallbladder bile comprise a mixture of bile alcohol sulfates, including α-, β-, and ω-trichechol, described here for the first time. Bile acids, previously thought to be present in all mammals, were not detected.