title: Intestinal absorption of polyenephosphatidylcholine in man.
abstract: The metabolic fate of 1 of 3H/14C-labeled dilinoleoglycerophosphocholine was studied in five patients after oral administration. The 3H label was in choline and 14C was in the two linoleic acid residues. More than 90% of both isotopes was absorbed from the intestine. Seventy to 90% of the 3H radioactivity in blood was linked to phosphatidylcholine (PC) whereas 14C was associated with both PC and nonpolar lipids. At peak activity, the 3H/14C ratio of plasma PC was twice that of oral PC; this suggests that most oral PC was hydrolyzed to lysolecithin before absorption. The mean maximum concentration in total blood volume was 20% of the administered dose for 3H and 28% for 14C. Examination of lipoproteins revealed that the specific activity of PC in high density lipoprotein (HDL) was 2 to 6 times higher than in apoB-containing lipoproteins, and to 2 to 20 times than that of red blood cells or total blood. Thus, absorbed PC seemingly was incorporated preferentially into the HDL fraction of plasma.
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007700:Kinetics; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; C029449:polyene phosphatidylcholine