The Biological Value of Oils and Fats I. Growth and Food Intake on Feeding with Natural Oils and Fats

Metabolism of Dietary Cetoleic Acid (22:1n‐11) in Mink (Mustela vison) and Gray Seals (Halichoerus grypus) Studied Using Radiolabeled Fatty Acids

“…The 22:1 FAs are generally underrepresented in adipose tissue relative to the diet (Holland et al 1990;Lin and Connor 1990;Lin et al 1993;Kirsch et al 1998Kirsch et al , 2000Cooper et al 2001;Iverson et al 2004). It has been suggested that the lower levels of 22:1 in depot triacylglycerol (TAG) are a result of poor digestibility and lower esterification rates of the 22:1 FAs (Thomasson 1956;Caselli et al 1979). The most important factor governing the observed levels of these FAs in depot TAG, however, is more likely the peroxisomal chain shortening of 22:1 FAs (Bremer and Norum 1982).…”

Nutrition and Nutritional Deficiency Diseases

“…In general, butterfat and lard increased the growth rate and decreased longevity while fats· rich in unsaturated fatty acids had the opposite effect (63,64). Those fats which increased the growth rate also increased the food intake of the rats and vice versa.…”

Adverse effects of cyclopropenoid fatty acids

“…Increased levels of pyridoxine or calcium pantothenate (or both) together with biotin prevented death, but growth was not stimulated significantly by the individual vitamins (Schneider, 1962). Growth retardation on giving kapok-seed oil to 21-day-old rats has been reported (Thomasson, 1955). At a level of 40 cal per cent in the diet over half the rats died and at 60 cal per cent all the animals died at a mean of 14 days after feeding began.…”