Question: The biosynthetic pathway to prostaglandins leads also to a class of physiologically potent substances known as prostacyclins. Which carbon atoms of the prostacyclin shown here

The biosynthetic pathway to prostaglandins leads also to a class of physiologically potent substances known as prostacyclins. Which carbon atoms of the prostacyclin shown here would you expect to be enriched in 14C if it were biosynthesized from acetate labeled with 14C in its methyl group?

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