Sq. Alam et al., EFFECT OF ESSENTIAL FATTY-ACID DEFICIENCY ON THE FATTY-ACID COMPOSITION AND ARACHIDONIC-ACID LEVELS IN RAT MAXILLAE AND MANDIBLES, Calcified tissue international, 55(3), 1994, pp. 169-172
The fatty acid composition of total lipids and total phospholipids of
maxillae and mandibles of rats fed an essential fatty acid-deficient (
EFAD), marginally FAD (MEFAD), and a control diet was determined. Patt
erns typical of an EFA deficiency such as a decrease in the levels of
linoleic acid and archidonic acid along with concomitant increase in t
he levels of palmitoleic acid, oleic acid, and 5,8,11-eicosatrienoic a
cid were observed in the EFAD groups. Concentrations of arachidonic ac
id were significantly lower in total lipids of mandibles and maxillae
of rats in the EFAD, but not in the MEFAD rats, than those of the cont
rols.