Activities of liver microsomal fatty acid desaturases in zinc-deficient rats force-fed diets with a coconut oil/safflower oil mixture of linseed oil
- 1 June 1995
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Biological Trace Element Research
- Vol. 48 (3) , 215-229
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02789404
Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of zinc deficiency on fatty acid desaturation in rats fed two different types of dietary fat, a mixture of coconut oil and safflower oil (7∶1, w/w, “coconut oil diet”) or linseed oil (“linseed oil diet”). In order to ensure an adequate food intake, all rats were force-fed by gastric tube. Zinc deficiency caused statistical significant reducion of Δ9-desaturase activity in liver microsomes of rats fed coconut oil diet and tendencial reduction (pn-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.Keywords
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