The hair levels of unsaturated fatty acids (oleic, linoleic, and linolenic) indicators of the lipid metabolic balance
Mogoş, T.; Pănuş, C.; Tănase, I.; Mogoş, C.; Mincu, I.
Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine 32(2): 159-163
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1220-4749 PMID: 7920331 Document Number: 439110
The lipid metabolism was evaluated using a new method for assay of the hair contents in unsaturated fatty acids. Determinations in various hair segments and in the blood serum were performed before and after a hypolipemic diet and drug therapy in hypercholesterolemic patients in comparison with a control group. The correlation factors between the levels of the oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids in the serum and those in the hair were +0.967, +0.987 and +0.992, respectively. The method provides information on the therapy influence on the lipid metabolism variations within several weeks or months.