Conjugated linoleic acid, better known as CLA, is a fatty acid derived from the required nutrient, linoleic acid. The major structural difference between linoleic acid (an 18 carbon, polyunsaturated fatty acid) and CLA, is that linoleic acid has double bonds at carbons 9 and 12 in a cis configuration (methylene interrupted), while CLA has numerous isomers without methylene interrupted conjugate...

(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 d...

When linoleic acid is added to the diet of the rat there is an average increase in incorporation of radiocarbon into liver cholesterol of 259 per cent. By contrast, the addition of coconut oil to the diet does not increase the incorporation of radiocarbon into liver cholesterol. The addition of linoleic acid to a stock diet is associated with an increased fecal excretion of Libernian-Burehard c...

Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) are a group of linoleic acid isomers having double bonds in conjugated position, i. e. the double bonds are separated by one single bond. Two of the isomers: cis-9, trans-11 (c9, t11) and trans-10, cis-12 (t10, c12) CLA, have been shown to have biologically interesting properties. The c9, t11 CLA has been reported to have anticancer, antidiabetic and anti-inflamm...

Administration of doses of linoleic acid (LA) up to 36 g/d in humans raised blood levels of linoleic acid but not of its metabolites. This is probably because the conversion of LA to gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) is slow and rate-limiting. We have found that administration of relatively small amounts of GLA, up to 360 mg/d, raises human blood levels of dihomogammalinolenic acid (DGLA) and arachido...