title: Relationship among the fatty acid composition of various lipid fractions in normally nourished German adults.
abstract: The relationship among the fatty acid (FA) composition of plasma cholesteryl esters (CE), plasma phospholipids (PL), total erythrocyte lipids, erythrocyte phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), erythrocyte phosphatidylcholine (PC), and total lipids of the subcutaneous fat (SCF) was investigated by parallel analyses of samples from 47 normally nourished German adults. Each lipid fraction revealed a characteristic FA pattern. A close relation between major FA in plasma lipids, especially in CE, and those in PC was found. The FA composition of PE, however, appeared to be more independent from plasma values. Of all FA in SCF only linoleic acid values showed a correlation to the values in CE and PC. It is concluded that, in clinical studies, FA analyses of total plasma lipids or total erythrocyte lipids fractions should be avoided in favour of separate analyses of various lipid fractions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Tropical Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, FRG.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leichsenring
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hardenack
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Laryea
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005591:Chemical Fractionation; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids