title: [Formulating a non-fat diet to induce essential fatty acid deficiency in rats].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the manufacture of an experimental diet to cause essential fatty acids deficiencies in rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rats. We used Wistar rats that were given a diet consisting of skimmed milk, starch, and dextrino maltose. The fatty acids were measured by means of gas chromatography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prepared diet is considerably cheaper than laboratory animal feed and it is effective in causing a fatty acid deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Móstoles.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martín Peña
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Barro Ordovas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: González del Tanago
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosado Sanz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gómez Molero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz Galiana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D008320:Maltose; D008892:Milk; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013213:Starch
chemical_list: D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D008320:Maltose; D013213:Starch