THE INFLUENCE OF CORN OIL SUPPLEMENTS ON FATTY ACID PATTERNS IN ISCHAeMIC HEART DISEASE

Abstract
The fatty acid patterns of the cholesterol ester, triglyceride, and phospholipid fractions of the serum from 13 patients receiving a corn oil supplement to their diet for more than a year have been compared with the corresponding fatty acid patterns of a group of patients on an ad libitum diet. A reflection of the high linoleic acid content of the dietary supplement was found in the cholesterol ester and triglyceride fractions but not in the phospholipids, the main change in which was a significant fall in the percentage of oleic acid.