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The effects of fasting in Ramadan

1. Seram uric acid and lipid concentrations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

K. A. Gumaa ,
K. Y. Mustafa ,
N. A. Mahmoud  and
A. M. A. Gader
K. A. Gumaa
Affiliation:
Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan
K. Y. Mustafa
Affiliation:
Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan
N. A. Mahmoud
Affiliation:
Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan
A. M. A. Gader
Affiliation:
Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan
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1. The changes in serum levels of uric acid and lipids during 1 month of starvation-refeeding were measured in sixteen male volunteers.

2. Uric acid levels increased linearly with the duration of the experiment. The increase was positively correlated with the increase in serum triglycerides but not with cholesterol or phospholipids.

3. Triglycerides increased at a faster rate than uric acid implying that the increase in uric acid was secondary to that of the lipid.

4. It was concluded that the purine and lipid synthetic pathways are linked through a common small-molecular-weight effector rather than through the sharing of a common enzyme.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , November 1978 , pp. 573 - 581
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1978

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