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Insect tissues, not microorganisms, produce linoleic acid in the house cricket and the American cockroach

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Biosynthesis of linoleic acid, 18∶2(n−6), was unambiguously demonstrated to occur in the cockroach,Periplaneta americana, and the cricket,Acheta domesticus. Axenic tissue from both of these insect species was demonstrated by radio-gas-liquid chromatography (radio-GLC) and radio-high-performance liquid chromatography (radio-HPLC) to incorporate [1-14C]acetate and [1-14C]oleate into this essential fatty acid.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada, 89557, Reno, Nevada, USA

    C. E. Borgeson & G. J. Blomquist

  2. Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 55108, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

    T. J. Kurtti & U. G. Munderloh

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DCB-8914417. We would like to thank Coby Schal for his generous gift of American cockroaches and Tania Kellermeyer for her excellent technical assistance.

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Borgeson, C.E., Kurtti, T.J., Munderloh, U.G. et al. Insect tissues, not microorganisms, produce linoleic acid in the house cricket and the American cockroach. Experientia 47, 238–241 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958146

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