Upgrade in NMR Research Instrumentation for the Magnetic Resonance Laboratory

摘要

The new NMR instrument is currently being used to support several research projects involving studies of tissue metabolism. Work is continuing in the area of brain and liver phospholipid metabolism. The 600 MHz NMR is providing superb resolution and sensitivity for analyses of lipid components in tissue extracts. New capabilities afforded by this instrument will enable carbon-phosphorus polarization transfer experiments to aid in our studies of ether-lipid biosynthesis in brain. Such experiments will enable us to discern acyl-glycerol phospholipids from ether-linked glycerol phospholipids. These studies will begin in the near future.