PURPOSE This study was designed to investigate the effects of total parenteral nutrition (PN) using different lipid emulsions in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. METHODS Fifty-two patients were randomized to receive soybean oil + medium chain triglycerides (MCT) (group I), soybean oil + olive oil (group II), soybean oil + olive oil + fish oil (group III) as a lipid source. PN was ...

Following publication of their article [1], the authors noticed that Table 2 should list medium chain tri glycerides (MCT) instead of olive oil emulsion (OO) in the column ‘Standard lipid emulsion’ as follows; For the study Barbosa 2010 [7], this column should read SO/MCT For the study Berger 2008 [8], this column should read SO/MCT For the study Friesecke 2008 [9], this column should read SO/M...

INTRODUCTION Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a major cause of mortality in intensive care units. Patients with ARDS often require parenteral nutrition with lipid emulsions as essential components. Besides being an energy supply, these lipid emulsions might display differential modulatory effects on lung integrity and inflammation. METHODS In a pre-emptive strategy, we investigat...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) with and without exercise on postprandial lipemia (PPL). Subjects were 25 young men and women. Each subject performed three trials: 1) control (fat meal only, 1.5 g fat/kg) 2) MCT (substitution of MCT oil, 30% of fat calories), and 3) MCT + Ex (exercise 12 h before the MCT meal). Before each trial, the subj...

OBJECTIVE Medium chain triglyceride (MCT) consumption may have a beneficial impact on weight management, however, some studies point to a negative impact of MCT oil consumption on cardiovascular disease risk. This study examined the effects of MCT oil consumption, as part of a weight loss diet, on metabolic risk profile compared to olive oil. DESIGN Thirty-one men and women, age 19-50 y and b...

A total of 280 crossbred pigs weaned at 21 d of age and weighing approximately 6 kg were utilized in five replicates to evaluate pig growth responses when fed a basal diet or one of several dietary lipid sources during a 4-wk postweaning period. A basal corn-soybean meal-corn starch-dried whey diet was compared with diets supplemented at a 7.75% level with one of the following lipid sources: co...

Objetivo: investigar el papel de los triglicéridos cadena media (MCT-oil) como suplemento, valorando la circunferencia braquial y índice braquial/perímetro cefálico (CB/PC). Introducción: pobre ganancia peso del prematuro es causa estancia hospitalaria prolongada. La administración MCT-oil enteral una estrategia para depósitos grasa corporal masa muscular. Material métodos: estudio observaciona...

This study determined whether free radical formation by the liver, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production by isolated Kupffer cells, and plasma endotoxin are affected by dietary saturated fat. Rats were fed enteral ethanol and corn oil (E-CO) or medium-chain triglycerides (E-MCT) and control rats received corn oil (C-CO) or medium-chain triglycerides (C-MCT) for 2 wk. E-CO rats developed ...

BACKGROUND & AIM To compare the effect of fish oil-based (FO) lipid emulsions (LE) for parenteral administration with standard LE and a new FO containing LE composed of four different oils on the antigen presentation and inflammatory variables. METHODS Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) activated human mononuclear leukocytes were cultured with different LE - Control: without LE; SO: soybean oil; SO/FO:...

Surfactant-free emulsions by adding jojoba oil, squalane, olive oil, or glyceryl trioctanoate (medium chain fatty acid triglycerides, MCT) to electrolytic-reduction ion water containing lithium magnesium sodium silicate (GE-100) were prepared, and their physiochemical properties (thixotropy, zeta potential, and mean particle diameter) were evaluated. At an oil concentration of 10%, the zeta pot...