Title : Accelerated essential fatty acid deficiency by delta 9 desaturase induction: dissociation between the effects on liver and other tissues.

Pub. Date : 1990 May 1

PMID : 2340302






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1 The present study investigated whether induction of the delta 9 desaturase, which is responsible for the synthesis of oleate, the precursor of 20:3(n-9) which uniquely accumulates in the deficiency state, might serve to accelerate the biochemical and biological effects of EFA deficiency. Fatty Acids, Essential fatty acid desaturase 3 Homo sapiens