Dietary Fat and Hypercholesteremia in the Cebus Monkey

Essential Fatty Acid Studies in Primates Linolenic Acid Requirements of Capuchins

“…Thus, as is common practice, he does not distinguish between the acids of the linoleic and linolenic series. Portman [11] recommends a figure of 250 mg linoleic acid per day as the minimum requirement for Macaco mulatta and Cebus based on experimental work employing vegetable oils as a source of EFA [3,6,12,13]. It is usually assumed that the vegetable oils provide linoleic acid as the only polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) whereas in general most oils also contain small amounts of linolenic acid in addition to linoleic [8], Requirements for linolenic acid are not defined, its presence ignored, or it is considered unnecessary.…”

Changing Frequency of Arteriosclerosis in Mammals and Birds at the Philadelphia Zoological Garden

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] However, other studies suggest instead that the development of this disease reflects the interaction of several factors some of which, at least, are not related to fat intake.8"-1 The observations to be reported here support the latter view, insofar as it may apply to captive wild mammals and birds.…”

“…However, the records do not permit an estimate of the importance of this combination of factors to the frequency of arteriosclerosis generally. The most convincing evidence provided by the birds for this asso-ciation was the death of 4 Other animals of this series may be regarded as having undergone partial adrenalectomy through more or less atrophy of the zonae fasciculata and reticularis of the adrenal cortex, because of reduced activity during life in the Zoo. 22 In these animals the zona glomerulosa and the medulla of the adrenal glands have been found to persist intact or to undergo hypertrophy.…”

Atherosclerosis and the Fat Content of the Diet

“…With a procedure that yielded a mean value of 177 mg. per 100 ml. total serum cholesterol for the control group of Canadians, the mean in 27 Eskimos was found to be 141 (range 93-222) and in 6 Speculative hypotheses, like those of Sinclair55 and Schroeder56 have been formulated. The starting point of this type of hypothesis is that cholesterol is normally esterified with unsaturated fatty acids.…”