Comparisons of the Effects of Dietary Fats on Serum and Liver Lipid Levels of Rats.

(PUFAs) differs greatly among the individual PUFAs: the efTect of v-linolenicucidismarkedlygreatetthanthatoftheparentmelecule,tinoleic aeid."]6) In addition, or-tinolenic, arachidonic, or eicosapentaenoic acids exert a much greater CHOL-lowering activity thufi the linoleic acid,i'g) However, since these efflects were examined independently, it is diMcult to cornpare the erncacy of these PUFAs directly. This study was therefore undertaken to compare directly the hypocholesterolemic effects of linoleic, :-linolenic and ','-linolenic acid using