The hair levels of unsaturated fatty acids (oleic, linoleic, and linolenic) indicators of the lipid metabolic balance.
The lipid metabolism was evaluated using a new method for assay of the hair contents in unsaturated fatty acids. Determinations in various hair segments and in the blood serum were performed before and after a hypolipemic diet and drug therapy in hypercholesterolemic patients in comparison with a control group. The correlation factors between the levels of the oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids in the serum and those in the hair were +0.967, +0.987 and +0.992, respectively. The method provides information on the therapy influence on the lipid metabolism variations within several weeks or months.
Mogoş
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N. C. Paulescu Institute of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Bucharest.
Pănuş
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Tănase
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Mogoş
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Mincu
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000378:metabolism; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid / Q000032:analysis*
D008041:Linoleic Acids; D008055:Lipids; D009829:Oleic Acids; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid; D019301:Oleic Acid; D019787:Linoleic Acid