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Essential fatty acid deficiency: A suggestion concerning experimental design
Author(s) -
Levine S.,
Ivasauskas E. Y.,
Sowinski R.,
Kikkawa Y.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of neuroscience research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.72
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1097-4547
pISSN - 0360-4012
DOI - 10.1002/jnr.490110210
Subject(s) - fatty acid , essential nutrient , nutrient , chemistry , biochemistry , food science , biology , organic chemistry
In experiments on essential fatty acid deficiency, various strategems have been used to balance the deficient and control groups for all nutrients except essential fatty acids. We suggest the use of a single fat‐free diet for both groups, with essential fatty acids administered parenterally to the control (nondeficient) group once each week.