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Essential fatty acids in the plasma phospholipids of patients with leprosy.

Abstract
Plasma phospholipid essential fatty acids were investigated in 40 patients with leprosy and 40 controls. A significant reduction in linoleic acid was found in the leprosy patients, with an increase in its metabolite dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid. No difference was found between patients with multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy. Patients treated for less than 6 months were found to have low levels of linoleic acid and high levels of dihomo-gamma-linolenic and arachidonic acid compared with patients treated for more than 6 months.
AuthorsS Wright
JournalThe British journal of dermatology (Br J Dermatol) Vol. 112 Issue 6 Pg. 673-7 (Jun 1985) ISSN: 0007-0963 [Print] England
PMID3890922 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Fatty Acids, Essential
  • Phospholipids
Topics
  • Fatty Acids, Essential (blood)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leprosy (blood, drug therapy, microbiology)
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium leprae
  • Phospholipids (blood)

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