Evidence that adverse effects of zinc deficiency on essential fatty acid composition in rats are independent of food intake

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1475-2662|59|2|273-278

ISSN: 0007-1145

Source: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol.59, Iss.2, 1988-03, pp. : 273-278

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Abstract

1. Young male rats were fed on diets containing 3·4, 36 or 411 mg zinc/kg for 10 weeks in order to determine whether effects of Zn deficiency on plasma and liver essential fatty acid composition could be distinguished from those of reduced protein and energy intake.