Essential fatty acids (EFA) deficiency and liver mitochondria.
2 dietary fats, namely, hydrogenated coconut oil and safflower seed oil were fed at 20% levels to weanling male albino rats for a period of 2 months after which the animals were sacrificed and oxidative phosphorylation measured in liver mitochondria. This ratio was more in the unsaturated-fat-fed group of rats compared to the saturated-fed ones for glutamate and malate; in the case of succinate no such change was noticed.
D000818:Animals; D003059:Cocos; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000172:deficiency*; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008293:Malates / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009821:Oils; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D012450:Safflower Oil; D013386:Succinates / Q000378:metabolism
D004041:Dietary Fats; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D005971:Glutamates; D008293:Malates; D009821:Oils; D013386:Succinates; D012450:Safflower Oil