Studies on the Metabolism of Lipids

Part I. Influencies of Fat-deficiency on Body Fat

Abstract

The growth of weanling rats was inhibited by administration of a fat-deficient diet and normal growth of liver was also inhibited by fat-deficiency.
The iodine value of body fat in the deficient group was considerably smaller than that of the control group, and the content of unsaturated fatty acids, especially that of linoleic acid, was found to be low.
The content of linoleate in body fat increased after the administration of linoleate but in-crease was not observed in case of arachidonate. Linolenate had the same affects as linoleate only when a large quantity was administered.