Metabolism of Sperm Oil in Rats-II

Seborrhea Caused by Waxes with Different Carbon Atom Chains

Abstract

Rats were fed with a basal diet to which an ester of oleic acid with C₈ to C₁₈ saturated alcohols and a C₁₈ unsaturated alcohol was added in the radio of 10 and 15 per cent. A mild sign of seborrhea was manifested in rats with hexadecyl- and octadecyl-oleates. On the contrary, the animals with octadecenyl-oleate had abnormal scour for several successive days from the third of fourth day of the experiment. They were smudged with the fatty excrements and frequently mistaken for the animals suffering from seborrhea. They became emaciated and soon died.