Cholesteryl esters polyunsaturated fatty acids

Maes M, Christophe A, Delanghe J, Altamura C, Neels H, Meltzer HY. Lowered omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in serum phospholipids and cholesteryl esters of depressed patients. Psychiatry Res 1999 85(3) 275-291. 

M. Maes, A. Christophe, J. Delanghe, et al., Lowered Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Serum Phospholipids and Cholesteryl Esters of Depressed Patients. Psychiatry Research 85 (1999) 275-291. 

Abbreviations TC, total cholesterol HDL, high density lipoprotein LDL, low density lipoprotein VLDL, very low density lipoprotein TG, triglycerides CETP, cholesteryl ester transfer protein FC, free cholesterol EC, esterified cholesterol BW, body weight BWG, body weight gain AIN, American Institute of Nutrition Tg, transgenic LF, low fat SEA, saturated fatty acids MUFA monoun-saturated fatty acids PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids ND, not detectable. 

An important spectral character of diagnostic value is in the spectral region between 3100 and 2700 cm which is sensitive to the vibrations of C-H in the polyunsaturated acyl chains of cholesterol esters and fatty acids. Given that high levels of polyunsaturated cholesteryl ester have been linked to deposition of cholesteryl ester from plasma, we think this could be a specific indicator of the transport of non-native cholesterol materials into the vessel wall. The very narrow but prominent absorption maximum at 1745cm matches the... 

This chapter considers the nutritional consequences of polyunsaturated lipids in the diet on free radical reactions in biological systems and diseases. The term lipid peroxidation is now used broadly to include both non-enzymatic and enzymatic oxidative reactions of free fatty acids, phospholipids, triacylglycerols, cholesterol and cholesteryl esters, lipoproteins, proteins,... 

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