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Liver phospholipids of rats fed a choline‐deficient diet supplemented with choline or methionine
Author(s) -
BeareRogers Joyce L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02531523
Subject(s) - choline , methionine , phosphatidyl choline , lipidology , arachidonic acid , clinical chemistry , ethanolamine , chemistry , biochemistry , food science , medicine , phospholipid , amino acid , membrane , enzyme
The low amount of arachidonic acid in the total phospholipids in the liver of rats fed a standard type of choline‐deficient diet was corrected by either choline or methionine, which also increased food intake. Choline increased the content of this fatty acid in the phosphatidyl ethanolamine but not in the phosphatidyl choline. Methionine increased both the amount of phosphatidyl choline and its content of arachidonic acid.