DEVELOPMENT OF ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY IN THE PREMATURE INFANT GIVEN FAT-FREE TPN

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-15
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Premature Infant ◽  
Essential Fatty Acid ◽  
Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency ◽  
Acid Deficiency ◽  
Fatty Acid Deficiency

Essential fatty acid deficiency and evidence for arachidonate synthesis in the cat

1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Sinclair ◽  
W. Slattery ◽  
J. G. McLean ◽  
E. A. Monger
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Essential Fatty Acid ◽  
Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency ◽  
Isolation And Identification ◽  
Acid Deficiency ◽  
Fatty Acid Deficiency

1. There is controversy regarding the capacity of the cat to convert 18:2ω6 to 20:4ω6 and the ability of the essential fatty acid (EFA)-deficient cat to produce 20:3ω9.2. This paper reports the isolation and identification of 20: 3ω9 from kidney phospholipids of EFA-deficient cats.3. The results suggest that the cat is capable of limited synthesis of 20:4ω6 using a Δ5- and Δ8-desaturase.

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