Phospholipids of the liver in children suffering from protein–calorie undernutrition

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1475-2662|22|2|145-151

ISSN: 0007-1145

Source: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol.22, Iss.2, 1968-05, pp. : 145-151

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Abstract

1. Thirty-nine children suffering from protein–calorie undernutrition were classified into nineteen with kwashiorkor, twelve with marasmus and eight with nutritional oedema according to history, physical findings and laboratory investigations. Liver biopsy samples from these patients were extracted with lipid solvents and the phospholipids were fractionated into phosphatidylcholine, ethanolamine and serine, and sphingomyelin.