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  • adjective Of or pertaining to phytanic acid or its derivatives

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See phytol

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  • Denis, C.; Wanders, R.J.A.: Phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase is present in human liver, lo - cated in peroxisomes, and deficient in Zellweger syndrome: direct, unequi - vocal evidence for the new, revised pathway of phytanic acid a-oxidation in humans.

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  • Phytanoyl-CoA hydroxy - lase activity is induced by phytanic acid.

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  • We studied the pathological effects of phytanic acid accumulation in

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  • Refsum disease is caused by a deficiency of phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase (PHYH), the first enzyme of the peroxisomal α-oxidation system, resulting in the accumulation of the branched-chain fatty acid phytanic acid.

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  • (in hepatoma cell line FaO, activity can be induced 2. 5fold by phytanic acid [9]) [9] 112

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  • (in embryonic carcinoma cell line P19-EC, activity can be induced 4fold by phytanic acid [9]) [9] 0.000002

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  • (in fibroblast homogenate [7]) [7] 0.0000031 (in hepatoma cell line HepG2, no induction by phytanic acid [9]) [9] 0.000024

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