The Significance of Lymphocyte Lipid Changes after Smoking Hashish
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica
- Vol. 43 (2) , 81-85
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0773.1978.tb02239.x
Abstract
The increase of lymphocyte total lipids and phospholipids after smoking hashish, indicates either a lipid transfer from their site of production after smoking the drug or a mobilization of their biosynthetic mechanism in the lymphocyte. A fluctuation of individual phospholipid concentrations after “smoking” is related to the influence of certain hashish compounds on the various biosynthetic pathways of phospholipids in lymphocytes. Changes in phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylserine are related to a possible fluctuation of the overall immune ability of the lymphocyte, by affecting the lymphocyte membrane enzyme mechanisms.Keywords
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