Howard Sprecher

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Best Publications

• Metabolism of highly unsaturated n-3 and n-6 fatty acids.

  Howard Sprecher

  1198
  Citations

• Triene prostaglandins: Prostacyclin and thromboxane biosynthesis and unique biological properties

  Philip Needleman;Amiram Raz;Mark S. Minkes;James A. Ferrendelli

  1158
  Citations

• The metabolism of 7,10,13,16,19-docosapentaenoic acid to 4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid in rat liver is independent of a 4-desaturase.

  A. Voss;M. Reinhart;Shankar Sankarappa;H. Sprecher

  912
  Citations

• Elongation of long-chain fatty acids

  Amanda E Leonard;Suzette L Pereira;Howard Sprecher;Yung-Sheng Huang

  784
  Citations

• Reevaluation of the pathways for the biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

  Howard Sprecher;Devanand L. Luthria;B. S. Mohammed;Svetla P. Baykousheva

  676
  Citations

• Biochemistry of essential fatty acids

  Howard Sprecher

  465
  Citations

• Phospholipid fatty acid remodeling in mammalian cells.

  James I.S. MacDonald;Howard Sprecher

  411
  Citations

• Unidimensional thin-layer chromatography of phospholipids on boric acid-impregnated plates.

  Jeffrey B. Fine;Howard Sprecher

  275
  Citations

• The Mycobacterium tuberculosis pks2 Gene Encodes the Synthase for the Hepta- and Octamethyl-branched Fatty Acids Required for Sulfolipid Synthesis

  Tatiana D. Sirakova;Ajay K. Thirumala;Vinod S. Dubey;Howard Sprecher

  235
  Citations

• Studies to determine the role rates of chain elongation and desaturation play in regulating the unsaturated fatty acid composition of rat liver lipids.

  John T. Bernert;Howard Sprecher

  229
  Citations

• An Analysis of Partial Reactions in the Overall Chain Elongation of Saturated and Unsaturated Fatty Acids by Rat Liver Microsomes

  John T. Bernert;Howard Sprecher

  224
  Citations

• Docosahexaenoic acid synthesis in human skin fibroblasts involves peroxisomal retroconversion of tetracosahexaenoic acid.

  S A Moore;E Hurt;E Yoder;H Sprecher

  214
  Citations

• Triene prostaglandins: Prostaglandin D3 and icosapentaenoic acid as potential antithrombotic substances

  Mark O. Whitaker;Angela Wyche;Frank Fitzpatrick;Howard Sprecher

  187
  Citations

• Manipulation of platelet aggregation by prostaglandins and their fatty acid precursors: pharmacological basis for a therapeutic approach.

  Philip Needleman;Mark O. Whitaker;Angela Wyche;Karin Watters

  186
  Citations

• Regulation of the biosynthesis of 22:5n-6 and 22:6n-3: A complex intracellular process

  Howard Sprecher;Qi Chen;Feng Qin Yin

  184
  Citations

• Paradoxical conservation of cardiac and renal arachidonate content in essential fatty acid deficiency.

  J B Lefkowith;V Flippo;H Sprecher;P Needleman

  171
  Citations

• The roles of anabolic and catabolic reactions in the synthesis and recycling of polyunsaturated fatty acids

  H. Sprecher

  144
  Citations

• Long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase is a key enzyme in the mitochondrial β-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids

  Weiping Le;Azfar S. Abbas;Howard Sprecher;Jerry Vockley

  142
  Citations

• High affinity esterification of eicosanoid precursor fatty acids by platelets.

  Ellis J. Neufeld;David B. Wilson;Howard Sprecher;Philip W. Majerus

  130
  Citations

• Stereospecific induction of starfish oocyte maturation by (8R)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid.

  L Meijer;A R Brash;R W Bryant;K Ng

  127
  Citations