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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies showed that zinc deficiency influences the fatty acid composition of rat tissues, but the influence of dietary fat on the effects of zinc deficiency was not considered at that time. The present study was therefore conducted to investigate the effect of zinc deficiency on lipid concentrations in the liver and on fatty acid composition of liver phospholipids in rats fed diets containing coconut oil or fish oil, using a bifactorial experimental design. To ensure an adequate food intake all rats were force-fed. The zinc-deficient rats fed the coconut oil diet developed fatty livers, whereas zinc-deficient animals fed the fish oil diet did not. The zinc-deficient rats in both dietary fat groups had lower levels of linoleic acid, arachidonic acid and total (n-6) fatty acids in the liver phospholipids, especially in the phosphatidylcholine, but greater concentrations of (n-3) fatty acids compared with zinc-adequate controls. We conjecture that zinc deficiency influences incorporation of polyunsaturated fatty acids into phosphatidylcholine. The lower levels of arachidonic acid are replaced in the zinc-deficient animals fed a coconut oil diet by docosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids and in the zinc-deficient animals fed a fish oil diet by eicosapentaenoic acid. The replacement of arachidonic acid by other fatty acids in the phospholipids is likely to have implications for prostaglandin synthesis. The study shows that the type of dietary fat influences the effects of zinc deficiency on fatty acid composition and especially on lipid concentrations in the liver.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arachidonic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dietary Fats, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fatty Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fatty Acids, Omega-3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fatty Acids, Omega-6, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fatty Acids, Unsaturated, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fish Oils, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Linoleic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Linoleic Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylcholines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phospholipids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plant Oils, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Zinc, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/coconut oil
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-3166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
124
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1917-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Arachidonic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Dietary Fats, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Fatty Acids, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Fatty Acids, Omega-3, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Fatty Acids, Omega-6, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Fatty Acids, Unsaturated, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Fish Oils, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Linoleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Linoleic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Phosphatidylcholines, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Phospholipids, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Plant Oils, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Weight Gain, pubmed-meshheading:7931700-Zinc
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Dietary fat influences the effect of zinc deficiency on liver lipids and fatty acids in rats force-fed equal quantities of diet.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Ernährungsphysiologie, Technischen Universität München-Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article