Title : Fatty acid composition of plasma lipids in Nigerian children with protein-energy malnutrition.

Pub. Date : 1986 Apr

PMID : 3089792






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1 An impaired activity of delta-6-desaturase, the rate limiting enzyme of linoleic acid metabolism, in suggested by elevated substrate-product-ratios of this enzyme in untreated children with protein energy malnutrition and in the early phase of recovery, which may be due to low insulin levels, protein and zinc deficiency. Linoleic Acid fatty acid desaturase 2 Homo sapiens