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PubMed1987

Fatty acid values in the plasma of neonates, umbilical cord and maternal blood.

The proportion of a wide range of fatty acids was studied in the plasma of 15 healthy newborn infants following a physiological pregnancy and delivery. The same measurements were done in seven healthy mothers (immediately after parturition) and the proportion of fatty acids was analysed in mixed umbilical cord blood (n = 7). The fatty acids were identified by gas chromatography as their methyl esters (FAME). In newborn infants the proportion of saturated fatty acids was found to be 42.3%, of monoene fatty acids 31.3% and of polyene fatty acids 25.4%; type n-6 fatty acids formed 13.9% and n-3 11.1%. The proportion of the various fatty acids in healthy maternal plasma was 37.9% (saturated), 34.4% (monoene) and 25.0% (polyene) respectively; type n-6 fatty acids formed 21.6% and type n-3 only 3.6%. The values in mixed cord blood were 44% (saturated FA), 34.8% (monoene FA) and 20% (polyene FA); group n-6 FA accounted for 17.4% and n-3 for only 2.1%. In the above three series we also described the sequence of the fatty acids present in the largest amounts. This is part of an extensive study, in a large series, of the commonest perinatal risks. We particularly draw attention to the high proportion of long-chain fatty acids (C 22 - C 26) in the plasma of healthy newborn infants.

Fatty Acids↗
PubMed1986

Effect of acute altitude hypoxia on fatty acid proportion in the plasma of rats of different ages.

Using gas chromatography, the authors studied the development of the proportion of 25 saturated and non-saturated fatty acids in the plasma of Wistar rats of their own breed aged 5, 10, 14 and 25 days and adult (both sexes), and in three age groups (5 and 14 day and adult) they determined the effect of acute altitude hypoxia. Fatty acids were determined as methylesters (FAME) (Base 1978), using the method already described by Smídová et al. (1984a), in mixed blood plasma obtained from decapitated control and experimental animals. Altitude hypoxia, which corresponded to 9 000 m, lasted 20 min. The temperature was kept stable at 25 degrees C. Marked changes occurred during ontogenesis in the proportion of total fatty acids (TFA) in the plasma; the proportion of sigma non-saturated FA fell significantly during maturation, chiefly in favour of monoene FA, with a resultant significant drop in their reciprocal index (sigma saturated/sigma monoene). The proportion of all saturated FA amounted in 5-day-old rats to 54% of the total quantity, but in adult rats to only 40%. Acute hypoxia had a demonstrable effect in all three age categories. In 5-day-old rats it led to significant changes in 7 FA and in adult rats in 10. In both 5-day-old and adult animals it produced an increase in the arachidonic acid level. The results are discussed in relation to previous findings on the effect of the same hypoxia on FA proportion in various parts of the CNS of rats of different ages.

Aging↗
PubMed1984

A contribution to the treatment of non-seminomatous testicular tumours.

Experiences obtained in the treatment of non-seminomas in 86 men are evaluated. In 71 patients retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy was performed, in 15 also nephrectomy; in 84 men chemotherapy was used. The initial combination consisted of Vincristin, Bleomycin and cis-platin, the maintenance chemotherapy of Vincristin, Methotrexate and Leukeran (chlorambucil). Maintenance chemotherapy was also used in clinical stage N 0 M 0 and in 31 men at this stage no relapse occurred.

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols↗
PubMed1983

The proportion of fatty acids in mammary secretion of cows lactating after calving and hormonal induction of lactation.

The changes in the proportion of fatty acids in lacteal fat of cows induced into lactation by 7-day treatment with oestradiol and progesterone were characterized by an increases in the proportion of fatty acids C6--C13: the proportions of C14, C15, C17, C19 fatty acids changed slightly if at all; the proportions of C16, C20 and C22 fatty acids decreased during the first 28 days of lactation. Similar changes in fatty acid composition were found in lacteal fat of cows lactating after calving. These results demonstrated that the hormonal induction of lactation in nonpregnant cows initiates mammary secretion similar to the fatty acid composition in normal cow milk.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

Spectrum of total fatty acids in cerebrospinal fluid determined by gas chromatography.

A simple gas-liquid chromatographic method for the determination of the spectrum of fatty acids in a small volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is presented. In a group of 49 neurological patients it has been found that in the CSF of the controls (n = 12) there are the following main fatty acids: oleic (27.28%), palmitic (23.23%), stearic (12.21%), linoleic (7.66%), myristic (5.02%), and palmitoleic (4.51%). Altogether 28 fatty acid methyl esters (FAME'S) from 12:0 to 22:2 have been tentatively identified. The majority of them appeared irregularly, sometimes in less than in 10% of cases. The composition of FAME'S in the CSF of patients with lumbar discopathy and with acute ischaemic cerebrovascular accidents does not differ from the control group. A significant difference (P less than 0.01) has been found in the group of hypophyseal adenomas in which the amounts of practically all saturated FAME'S with an odd carbon number are elevated. The same applies to the 18:0 and 20:0 compounds. In the group of atrophic and degenerative CNS processes the palmitic and stearic acids predominated to the detriment of oleic and linoleic acids.

Adenoma↗