Structure of biliary phosphatidylcholine in cholesterol gallstone patients
- 1 August 1981
- Vol. 16 (8) , 589-592
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02534904
Abstract
The fatty acid composition of biliary phosphatidylcholine was analyzed in 13 patients with radiolucent gallstones undergoing elective cholecystectomy, and in 11 normolipemic patients without gallstones undergoing abdominal surgery. The only difference in the percentage fatty acid composition between the two groups was a significantly (psn‐2 position of phosphatidylcholine (PC), accounting for 13.0±4.9% in the first group and 8.2±4.9% in the second (p<0.05). The percentage arachidonic acid of PC was negatively correlated (p<0.001) with the percentage biliary chenodeoxycholate in gallstone patients, but not in controls. Explanation of these findings is, at present, only speculative.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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