Flaxseed increased α-linolenic and eicosapentaenoic acid and decreased arachidonic acid in serum and tissues of rat dams and offspring

Autor: Nicholas Olejnik, Robert L. Sprando, Thomas J. Flynn, Paddy Wiesenfeld, T.N. Black, Uma S. Babu, M.W. O'Donnell, Thomas F.X. Collins
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Food and Chemical Toxicology. 41:841-855
ISSN: 0278-6915
DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(03)00035-8
Popis: The effects of dietary flaxseed (FS), and defatted flaxseed meal (FLM) on serum and tissue fatty acid profiles were investigated. Pregnant Sprague–Dawley rats were fed AIN-93 based diets balanced in calories, fat, nitrogen, and fiber. Diets contained 0, 20%, 40% FS or 13% or 26% FLM by weight. The control, FS and FLM diets differed in linoleic acid to α-linolenic acid (ALA) fatty acid ratio. These diets were fed continuously during gestation, suckling period and 8 weeks post-weaning (F 1 ). FS fatty acids were bioavailable and metabolized by pregnant and F 1 rats. ALA and eicosapentaenoic acid increased; linoleic and arachidonic acid decreased; and docosahexaeonic acid was unchanged in serum, ‘gastric milk’ and liver of FS and FLM-fed pregnant and F 1 rats. FS more than FLM, changed fatty acids profiles, but FLM and 40% FS significantly reduced serum cholesterol. Dietary 40% FS may have increased oxidative stress as evidenced by a reduction in liver vitamin E.
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