Black currant seed oil feeding and fatty acids in liver lipid classes of guinea pigs |
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Authors: | G L Crozier M Fleith H Traitler P A Finot |
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Affiliation: | (1) Nestle Research Centre, Nestec Ltd., Vers-Chez-les-Blanc, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Guinea pigs were fed one of three diets containing 10% black currant seed oil (a source of gamma-linolenic (18∶3 n−6) and
stearidonic (18∶4 n−3) acids), walnut oil or lard for 40 days. The fatty acid composition of liver triglycerides, free fatty
acids, cholesteryl esters, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, cardiolipin, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine
were determined.
Dietary n−3 fatty acids found esterified in liver lipids had been desaturated and elongated to longer chain analogues, notably
docosapentaenoic acid (22∶5 n−3) and docosahexaenoic acid (22∶6 n−3). When the diet contained low amounts of n−6 fatty acids,
proportionately more of the n−3 fatty acids were transformed. Significantly more eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (20∶5 n−3) was
incorporated into triglycerides, cholesteryl esters, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine of the black currant
seed oil group compared with the walnut oil group.
Feeding black currant seed oil resulted in significant increases of dihomogamma-linolenic acid (20∶3 n−6) in all liver lipid
classes examined, whereas the levels of arachidonic acid (20∶4 n−6) remained relatively stable. The ratio dihomo-gamma-linolenic
acid/arachidonic acid was significantly (2.5-fold in PI to 17-fold in cholesteryl esters) higher in all lipid classes from
the black currant seed oil fed group. |
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