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Evidence that adverse effects of zinc deficiency on essential fatty acid composition in rats are independent of food intake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Stephen C. Cunnane
Stephen C. Cunnane
Affiliation:
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaM5S 1A8
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1. Young male rats were fed on diets containing 3·4, 36 or 411 mg zinc/kg for 10 weeks in order to determine whether effects of Zn deficiency on plasma and liver essential fatty acid composition could be distinguished from those of reduced protein and energy intake.

2. Fatty acid analysis revealed that a Zn intake of 3·4 mg/kg (plasma Zn 0·80 v. 1·97 mmol/l in controls fed on 36 mg Zn/kg) resulted in a significant increase in the linoleic acid: arachidonic acid ratio in both plasma and liver phospholipids in comparison with rats fed on 36 or 411 mg Zn/kg.

3. Zn supplementation (411 mg/kg) decreased the linoleic acid: arachidonic acid ratio in plasma phosphatidylserine compared with that of the controls.

4. The previously reported increase in arachidonic acid (mol %) in liver triacylglycerol of Zn-deficient rats was shown to be a function of a reduced liver triacylglycerol pool size; quantitatively, triacylglycerol content of arachidonic acid in the liver was not significantly affected by Zn intake.

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Other Studies Relevant to Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , March 1988 , pp. 273 - 278
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1988

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