Effect of Pyridoxine on Red Cell Fatty Acid Composition in Mature Rats Fed an Essential Fatty Acid-deficient Diet

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition Vol. 103; no. 11; pp. 1548 - 1553
• Main Authors: Zehaluk, Christina M., Walker, Brian L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.1973
• Subjects: Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Arachidonic Acids - blood; Body Weight; Cocos; Deficiency Diseases - blood; Dietary Fats; Erythrocytes - metabolism; fatty acid; Fatty Acids - blood; Fatty Acids, Essential; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - blood; human nutrition; Linoleic Acids - blood; Lipids - biosynthesis; Lipids - blood; Male; nutrition education; Oils; Oleic Acids - blood; pyridoxine; Pyridoxine - pharmacology; Rats; Time Factors; Vitamin B 6 Deficiency - blood; pyridoxine; fatty acid

Male Wistar rats were fed diets containing 10% corn oil and supplemented with or deficient in pyridoxine. One pyridoxine-supplemented group was pairfed with the deficient group. After 12 weeks, each group was divided into two subgroups which were fed diets containing 10% hydrogenated coconut oil and...