title: Age-related changes of lipid fractions and total fatty acids in the serum of female and male rats aged from 37 to 1200 days.
abstract: 1. Total lipids and the lipid fractions cholesterol ester, triacylglycerols, free cholesterol, free fatty acids and phospholipids as well as the fatty acid patterns of total lipids were measured in the serum of female and male rats (Wistar SPF, strain Hannover) aged 37-1213 days. 2. All parameters were monitored every 49th day. Five female and five male animals were used in each experiment. 3. All lipid fractions showed a significant positive linear regression vs age in both sexes. There were multiple significant differences in lipid fractions between the sexes. 4. Among the fatty acids only docosahexaenoic acid shows a significant correlation with age in both sexes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Bonn, FRG.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Murawski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kriesten
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Egge
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000097:blood; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000097:blood*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol