HEART AND LIVER FATTY-ACID COMPOSITION AND VITAMIN-E CONTENT IN MINIATURE SWINE FED DIETS CONTAINING CORN AND MENHADEN OILS

Authors
BERLIN E MCCLURE D BANKS MA PETERS RC
Citation
E. Berlin et al., HEART AND LIVER FATTY-ACID COMPOSITION AND VITAMIN-E CONTENT IN MINIATURE SWINE FED DIETS CONTAINING CORN AND MENHADEN OILS, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology, 109(1), 1994, pp. 53-61
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10964940
Volume
109
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
53 - 61
Database
ISI
SICI code
1096-4940(1994)109:1<53:HALFCA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Female miniature swine, 4-11 yr. were fed 15% fat diets containing n-3 and/or n-6 polyunsaturated fat for 6 months, at 1.95 g fat/kg body we ight. Liver lipids from menhaden oil-fed minipigs were elevated in the n-3 fatty acids: 20:5, 22:5 and 22:6, but heart lipids only in 20:5 a nd 22:5. Liver cell plasma membrane was elevated in 20:5, 22:5 and 22: 6 and lowered in the n-6 acids 18:2 and 20:4 in menhaden oil-fed anima ls, to a greater extent than in the total tissue lipids. Liver alpha-t ocopherol tended to decrease upon feeding menhaden oil, but heart alph a-tocopherol concentrations were not affected.