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Brassica campestris var. Span: II. Cardiopathogenicity of fractions isolated from span rapeseed oil when fed to male rats
Author(s) -
Kramer J. K. G.,
Hulan H. W.,
Mahadevan S.,
Sauer F. D.,
Corner A. H.
Publication year - 1975
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/bf02532351
Subject(s) - rapeseed , brassica , lipidology , span (engineering) , biology , clinical chemistry , botany , engineering , biochemistry , civil engineering
Rapeseed oils low in erucic acid caused myocardial lesions when fed to weanling male rats for 16 weeks. The cardiopathogenic properties appear to be associated with the triglycerides of the oil, and not to nontriglyceride components present in fully refined rapeseed oil. Cardiac lipid analysis confirmed that erucic acid accumulation was proportional to the concentration of this acid in the diet.