Dietary saturated fat level alters the competition between α-linolenic and linoleic acid |
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Authors: | M L Garg A A Wierzbicki A B R Thomson M T Clandinin |
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Affiliation: | (1) Nutrition and Metabolism Research Group, Departments of Foods and Nutrition and Medicine, University of Alberta, 533 Newton Research Building, T6G 2C2 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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Abstract: | Male weanling rats were fed semi-synthetic diets high in saturated fat (beef tallow) vs high in linoleic acid (safflower oil)
with or without high levels of α-linolenic acid (linseed oil) for a period of 28 days. The effect of feeding these diets on
cholesterol content and fatty acid composition of serum and liver lipids was examined. Feeding linseed oil with beef tallow
or safflower oil had no significant effect on serum levels of cholesterol. Serum cholesterol concentration was higher in animals
fed the safflower oil diet than in animals fed the beef tallow diet without linseed oil. Feeding linseed oil lowered the cholesterol
content in liver tissue for all dietary treatments tested. Consumption of linseed oil reduced the arachidonic acid content
with concomitant increase in linoleic acid in serum and liver lipid fractions only when fed in combination with beef tallow,
but not when fed with safflower oil. Similarly, ω3 fatty acids (18∶3ω3, 20∶5ω3, 22∶5ω3, 22∶6ω3) replaced ω6 fatty acids (20∶4ω6,
22∶4ω6) in serum and liver lipid fractions to a greater extent when linseed oil was fed with beef tallow than with safflower
oil. The results suggest that the dietary ratio of linoleic acid to saturated fatty acids or of 18∶3ω3 to 18∶2ω6 may be important
to determine the cholesterol and arachidonic acid lowering effect of dietary α-linolenic acid. |
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