title: Permeability of the blood-brain barrier to long-chain alcohols from plasma.
abstract: Cis-9-octadecenyl alcohol was fed as a dietary supplement to adult male rats for 7 and 14 days. At the end of these feeding intervals, lipids were extracted from brain and liver. The neutral lipids were analyzed for free and esterified long-chain alcohols and alkyl and alk-1-enyl glycerols. Total lipid phosphorus, alkyl acyl and alk-1-enyl acyl phosphoglycerides were determined in the phospholipid fraction. A marked change was observed in these lipid types in the liver, but not in the brain. In liver the free and esterified long-chain alcohols increased threefold following feeding of the dietary supplement. Feeding cis-9-octadecenyl alcohol had no effect on the neutral alkoxy lipids of liver but resulted in an approximately three- to eightfold increase in the ionic alkoxy lipids.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004952:Esters; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D004952:Esters; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D010743:Phospholipids