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Effects of dietary docosenoic acid upon rats in cold
Author(s) -
BeareRogers J. L.,
Nera E. A.
Publication year - 1974
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/bf02532052
Subject(s) - lipidology , rapeseed , clinical chemistry , zoology , food science , dietary supplement , chemistry , biology , medicine , biochemistry
Six week old rats fed rapeseed oil and subjected to cold at 4 C had a higher mortality rate than those fed oils lacking or low in docosenoic acids. A high frequency of deaths coincided with the period of pronounced cardiac lipidosis. Rats which had passed this phase before being exposed to the cold survived as well as the control animals.