Relative Effects of Rapeseed Oil and Corn Oil on Rats Subjected to Adrenalectomy, Cold, or Pyridoxine Deprivation

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Male rats that were adrenalectomized, sham-operated, maintained in the cold, or deprived of pyridoxine received 20% rapeseed oil or corn oil in a purified basal diet. Adrenalectomy did not alter the lower food intake and weight gain of rats fed rapeseed oil compared with those fed corn oil. Cold or pyridoxine deprivation had a more adverse effect with rapeseed oil than corn oil, although the total vitamin B6 in the liver was independent of the type of dietary oil. Rats deprived of pyridoxine and fed rapeseed oil deposited a smaller proportion of fat than those fed corn oil. Analyses of carcass fatty acids showed that in rats deprived of pyridoxine, corn oil, but not rapeseed oil, increased the proportion of palmitic acid and reduced that of linoleic acid. Erucic acid was somewhat more concentrated in the carcass fat of rats not supplied with pyridoxine than in those that were.

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