EFFECT OF ESSENTIAL FATTY-ACID DEFICIENCY ON THE FATTY-ACID COMPOSITION AND ARACHIDONIC-ACID LEVELS IN RAT MAXILLAE AND MANDIBLES

Authors
ALAM SQ HENDERSON M ALAM BS
Citation
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
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Calcified tissue international → ACNP
ISSN journal
0171967X
Volume
55
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
169 - 172
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-967X(1994)55:3<169:EOEFDO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
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.