Rat Serum (rat + serum)

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Determination of the active metabolites of sibutramine in rat serum using column-switching HPLC

JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE, JSS, Issue 15 2008
So Young Um
Abstract A simple and direct analysis using column-switching HPLC method was developed and validated for the quantification of active metabolites of sibutramine, N -mono-desmethyl metabolite (metabolite 1, M1) and N -di-desmethyl metabolite (metabolite 2, M2) in the serum of rats administered sibutramine HCl (5.0 mg/kg, p.o.). Rat serum was directly injected onto the precolumn without sample prepreparation step following dilution with mobile phase A, i. e., methanol,ACN,20 mM ammonium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0 with phosphoric acid) (8.3:4.5:87.2 by volume). After the endogenous serum components were eluted to waste, the system was switched and the analytes were eluted to the trap column. Active metabolites M1 and M2 were then back-flushed to the analytical column for separation with mobile phase B, i. e., methanol,ACN,20 mM ammonium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0 with phosphoric acid) (35.8:19.2:45 by volume) and detected at 223 nm. The calibration curves of active metabolites M1 and M2 were linear in the range of 0.1,1.0 ,g/mL and 0.15,1.8 ,g/mL. This method was fully validated and shown to be specific, accurate (10.4,10.7% error), and precise (1.97,8.79% CV). This simple and rapid analytical method using column-switching appears to be useful for the pharmacokinetic study of active metabolites (M1 and M2) of sibutramine. [source]


Enzymatic stability of 2,-ethylcarbonate-linked paclitaxel in serum and conversion to paclitaxel by rabbit liver carboxylesterase for use in prodrug/enzyme therapy

BIOPHARMACEUTICS AND DRUG DISPOSITION, Issue 5 2008
Tadatoshi Tanino
Abstract In prodrug/enzyme therapy for cancer, information on the sensitivity of hydrolytic enzymes to prodrug is required to reduce adverse effects of the parental drug and to find the activating enzyme. The aim of this study was to characterize the enzymatic stability of 2,-ethylcarbonate-linked paclitaxel (TAX-2,-Et) in the sera of several different species including humans. TAX-2,-Et disposition in serum was kinetically analysed using models with hydrolytic and/or degradation processes. To further evaluate the capability of liver carboxylesterases (CESs) in TAX-2,-Et hydrolysis, a CES isolated from rabbit liver (Ra-CES) was utilized as a model enzyme. Rat serum provided rapid enzymatic hydrolysis of TAX-2,-Et with a half-life of 4 min. The degradation of paclitaxel (TAX) (degradation rate constant, 0.16,h,1) was accompanied by the formation of an unknown compound. The conversion to TAX was almost completely inhibited by phenylmethyl sulfonylfluoride (PMSF) and bis(p-nitrophenyl) phosphate (BNPP). In human and rabbit sera, the degradation rate constant of TAX-2,-Et was 5.1,×,10,2 and 0.15,h,1, respectively, when excepting hydrolysis. The degradation products had the same molecular weight as TAX-2,-Et. The amount of TAX produced accounted for only 8,11% of the decrease in TAX-2,-Et after a 9 h exposure to rabbit or human serum. PMSF, but not BNPP, inhibited more than 90% of the TAX production in a 1.5,h incubation with human or rabbit serum. Ra-CES enzyme converted TAX-2,-Et to TAX with Vmax and Km of 74.7±13.8 nmol/min/mg protein and 8.8±2.8 µM, respectively. These results indicate that TAX-2,-Et is sensitive to serum CESs, but not cholinesterases. However, serum CESs show species-dependent hydrolysis of TAX-2,-Et. Although human serum allows the slow release of TAX, TAX-2,-Et is expected to reduce the side-effects of TAX. The Ra-CES enzyme is capable of hydrolysing TAX-2,-Et, which may be beneficial for the development of a TAX-2,-Et/enzyme therapy strategy for ovarian cancer. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


A validated liquid chromatographic/tandem mass spectrometric method for the determination of phencyclidine in microliter samples of rat serum

JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (INCORP BIOLOGICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY), Issue 1 2005
Howard P. Hendrickson
Abstract A liquid chromatographic/tandem mass spectrometric method is described for the determination of phencyclidine (PCP) in small volumes of rat serum (e.g. 50 µl). Samples were extracted using a mixed-mode strong cation-exchange column and then separated isocratically using a narrow-bore (2.1 mm i.d.) 3 µm Hypersil phenyl column and a mobile phase consisting of an ammonium formate buffer (pH 2.7) with 60% (v/v) methanol. Detection was accomplished using positive ion electrospray ionization in the multiple reaction monitoring mode. Mass spectra were obtained and peaks were observed at an m/z (% abundance) of 244 (100), 159 (25), and 86 (89). Tandem mass spectra were also obtained from the m/z 244 precursor ion with peaks observed at m/z 159 (100), 86 (96), and 91 (11). Optimum serum PCP sensitivity and precision were obtained at a transition of m/z 244 , 159. Matrix-associated ion suppression did not significantly affect the accuracy (100,112%) or precision (CV ,8%) of the assay. The lower limit of quantitation was 1 ng ml,1 in 50 µl of serum. The method was used to study the serum pharmacokinetics of PCP in rats after an intravenous bolus dose of PCP. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Determination of the active metabolites of sibutramine in rat serum using column-switching HPLC

JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE, JSS, Issue 15 2008
So Young Um
Abstract A simple and direct analysis using column-switching HPLC method was developed and validated for the quantification of active metabolites of sibutramine, N -mono-desmethyl metabolite (metabolite 1, M1) and N -di-desmethyl metabolite (metabolite 2, M2) in the serum of rats administered sibutramine HCl (5.0 mg/kg, p.o.). Rat serum was directly injected onto the precolumn without sample prepreparation step following dilution with mobile phase A, i. e., methanol,ACN,20 mM ammonium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0 with phosphoric acid) (8.3:4.5:87.2 by volume). After the endogenous serum components were eluted to waste, the system was switched and the analytes were eluted to the trap column. Active metabolites M1 and M2 were then back-flushed to the analytical column for separation with mobile phase B, i. e., methanol,ACN,20 mM ammonium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0 with phosphoric acid) (35.8:19.2:45 by volume) and detected at 223 nm. The calibration curves of active metabolites M1 and M2 were linear in the range of 0.1,1.0 ,g/mL and 0.15,1.8 ,g/mL. This method was fully validated and shown to be specific, accurate (10.4,10.7% error), and precise (1.97,8.79% CV). This simple and rapid analytical method using column-switching appears to be useful for the pharmacokinetic study of active metabolites (M1 and M2) of sibutramine. [source]


Oxidative stress due to anesthesia and surgical trauma: Importance of early enteral nutrition

MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH (FORMERLY NAHRUNG/FOOD), Issue 6 2009
Katerina Kotzampassi
Abstract Anesthesia and surgical trauma are considered major oxidative and nitrosative stress effectors resulting in the development of SIRS. In this study we evaluated the usefulness of early enteral nutrition after surgical trauma. Sixty male Wistar rats were subjected to midline laparotomy and feeding-gastrostomy. Twenty of these rats served as controls after recovering from the operation stress. The remaining rats received, through gastrostomy, enteral nutrition or placebo-feeding for 24 h. Oxidative stress markers and CC chemokine production were evaluated in rat serum and liver tissue. The operation itself was found to increase nitric oxide (NO) and malondialdehyde (MDA) and to decrease superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), as well as liver tissue energy charge (EC) in relation to controls. The rats receiving enteral feeding exhibited statistically significantly lower levels of NO and MDA, and higher levels of SOD, GSH-Px, and liver EC, in relation to placebo feeding rats. The operation significantly increased the chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 and regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed, and secreted (RANTES) in rat serum, while enteral nutrition caused a further significant increase in chemokine levels in serum. mRNA chemokine expression in liver was increased in a similar pattern. These findings indicate that early enteral feeding might play an important role after surgery ameliorating oxidative stress, affecting positively the hepatic EC and regulating, via chemokine production, cell trafficking, and healing process. [source]


Proteomic changes in rat serum, polymorphonuclear and mononuclear leukocytes after chronic nicotine administration

PROTEINS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS, Issue 5 2005
Chiara Piubelli
Abstract In order to gain information about the effect triggered at the molecular level by nicotine, its neuroimmunomodulatory properties and its impact on the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, peripheral blood serum and leukocytes of rat submitted to passive nicotine administration were subjected to proteomic investigation. Serum, polymorphonuclear (PMN) and mononuclear (MN) leukocytes from chronically treated animals and from control animals were analysed by a two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis/mass spectrometry approach to detect differentially expressed proteins. The nicotine regimen selected is known to have a stimulatory effect on locomotor activity and to produce a sensitisation of the mesolimbic dopamine system mechanism involved in addiction development. After 2-D gel analysis and matching, 36,spots in serum, seven in PMN and five in MN were found to display a statistical difference in their expression and were subjected to matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry peptide fingerprinting for protein identification. Fifteen different proteins were identified. The results indicate an overall impact of nicotine on proteins involved in a variety of cellular and metabolic pathways, including acute phase response (suggesting the effect on inflammatory cascades and more in general on the immune system), oxidative stress metabolism and assembly and regulation of cytoskeleton. In particular, the observed changes imply a general reduction in the inflammatory response with a concomitant increased unbalance of the oxidative stress metabolism in the periphery and point to a number of potential noninvasive markers for the central nervous system (CNS) and non-CNS mediated activities of nicotine. [source]


Simultaneous quantification of CTN986 and its deglycosylation products in rat serum using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY, Issue 11 2006
Jifen Guo
A quantitative method for the simultaneous determination of CTN986, a flavonol triglycoside, and its two deglycosylation products rutin and hirsutin in rat serum was developed and validated for the investigation of the pharmacokinetics of CTN986. Analytes were isolated from the serum samples (200,µL) prior to analysis by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) using C18 solid-phase extraction, and were separated on a Zorbax C8 reversed-phase column with an isocratic mobile phase consisting of methanol/isopropanol/water/formic acid (20:10:70:0.1, v/v/v/v). The protonated analytes generated in the positive ion mode were monitored through multiple reaction monitoring in an eletrospray ionization source. Calibration was performed by internal standardization with CTN987, a flavonoid structurally similar to CTN986, and regression curves were constructed ranging from 2 to 1000,ng/mL in 200,µL serum samples. The intra- and inter-day precision values were below 11% and accuracy was between ,2.37 and 1.4% for all quality control samples. This quantitation method was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic studies of CTN986 in rats following oral and intravenous administration. Rutin and hirsutin were not detected in rat serum. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor, c-Met, in Human Embryo Salivary Glands.

ANATOMIA, HISTOLOGIA, EMBRYOLOGIA, Issue 3 2010
An Immunohistochemical Study
With 3 figures and 1 table Summary Salivary gland morphogenesis involves complex, coordinated events that include epithelial,mesenchymal interactions. Mesenchymal,epithelial transition factor (c-Met) is the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) receptor. The latter is a hepatotropic factor originally identified in rat serum and platelets. It is essential in fetal tissue development, where it regulates complex morphogenetic processes including extracellular matrix invasion, cell migration, cell polarization and tubulogenesis. The c-Met/HGF system is believed to participate in epithelial,mesenchymal interactions during development. Twelve human embryonic minor salivary glands were studied by immunohistochemistry to investigate the role of c-Met in human salivary gland development. Strong c-Met immunopositivity in the glands demonstrated that the molecule is involved in their development and suggested a role for the c-Met/HGF system in this process. [source]


Effect of Anti-Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (Anti-bFGF) on In Vitro Embryonic Development in Rat

ANATOMIA, HISTOLOGIA, EMBRYOLOGIA, Issue 4 2009
E. Unur
Summary In this study, we aimed at the in vitro effects of anti-fibroblast growth factor-2 (anti-FGF-2 or anti-bFGF) on embryo culture in rats. In vitro effects of anti-bFGF on total embryonic development were investigated in 40 rat embryos (which were divided into four groups) (obtained from five pregnant females) at 9.5 days of gestation that were cultured in whole rat serum (WRS), and in WRS+ 2.5, 5, and 10 ,g/ml anti-bFGF. After 48 h of culturing, the embryos from each group were harvested to be analysed morphologically according to a morphological scoring system and biochemically to obtain the embryo protein content. The morphological score, embryo protein content, somite number and crown-rump length of embryos indicated that embryos cultured in WRS+ anti-bFGF had significant embryonic retardation. Mean morphological scores for the embryos grown in WRS, in the presence of 2.5, 5 and 10 ,g anti-FGF-2 were 61.4 ± 1.64, 46.3 ± 8.42, 27 ± 2.58 and13.6 ± 0.96 respectively. These results suggest that bFGF is very important for normal embryonic development and rat anti-bFGF neutralizes bFGF effect. [source]


The Effect of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor on in vitro Embryonic Heart Development in Rats

ANATOMIA, HISTOLOGIA, EMBRYOLOGIA, Issue 6 2004
H. Ülger
Summary In vitro effects of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on heart development and total embryonic growth were investigated in 84 rat embryos (obtained from nine pregnant females) at 9.5 days of gestation that were cultured in whole rat serum (WRS), in <30 kDa + >50 kDa serum fractions [retenate (R)], and in R + VEGF. After 24-h culture, the embryos from each group were harvested and divided into two groups. One group was analysed morphologically and biochemically to obtain embryo protein content, the second group was serially sectioned and examined by light microscopy. Morphological score, embryo protein content, somite number and crown-rump length of embryos indicated that embryos cultured in R had significant embryonic retardation, whereas the addition of VEGF to R increased embryonic growth and development. The morphological scores for WRS, R and R + VEGF were 57.7 ± 0.87, 46.6 ± 1.90 and 52.1 ± 0.97, somite numbers were 26.5 ± 0.47, 20.1 ± 0.63 and 24.4 ± 0.46, crown-rump lengths were 3 ± 0.07, 2.4 ± 0.06 and 2.7 ± 0.06 mm, and embryo protein contents were 160.5 ± 7.41, 98.2 ± 4.81 and 141.1 ± 10.96 ,g per embryo, respectively. The results of histological examination of heart development were similar. The hearts of embryos grown in R were unseptated and tubular. The atrioventricular endocardial cushions were incompletely developed. The addition of VEGF to R improved heart development. There were no gross morphological differences in the cardiac development between embryos grown in WRS and R + VEGF. In both groups, development of the muscular interventricular septum had begun. Development of the atrioventricular cushions was also similar in both groups and had caused narrowing of the atrioventricular canals, but the atrial septation was not observed. [source]


On-line 2D-LC-ESI/MS/MS determination of rifaximin in rat serum

BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY, Issue 11 2009
R. Nageswara Rao
Abstract A highly sensitive and selective on-line two-dimensional reversed-phase liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization,tandem mass spectrometry (2D-LC-ESI/MS/MS) method was developed and validated to determine rifaximin in rat serum by direct injection. The 2D-LC-ESI/MS/MS system consisted of a restricted access media column for trapping proteins as the first dimension and a Waters C18 column as second dimension using 0.1% aqueous acetic acid:acetonitrile as mobile phase in a gradient elution mode. Rifampacin was used as an internal standard. The linear dynamic range was 0.5,10 ng/mL (r2 > 0.998). Acceptable precision and accuracy were obtained over the calibration range. The assay was successfully used in analysis of rat serum to support pharmacokinetic studies. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Rapid determination of rifaximin in rat serum and urine by direct injection on to a shielded hydrophobic stationary phase by HPLC

BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY, Issue 6 2009
R. Nageswara Rao
Abstract A simple and rapid reversed-phase HPLC method for determination of rifaximin in rat serum and urine was developed. Separation of rifaximin from biological matrix was achieved by direct injection of rat serum and urine onto a restricted-access medium, Supelco LC-Hisep, a shielded hydrophobic stationary phase, using acetonitrile:water:acetic acid (18:82:0.1 v/v/v) as a mobile phase. The linear range was 0.10,20 µg/mL (r2 > 0.999, n = 6), intraday and interday variation was <6.10%. The limits of detection and quantification were 0.03 (signal-to-noise ratio >3) and 0.10 µg/mL (signal-to-noise ratio >10), respectively. The method was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic studies of rifaximin after an oral administration to rats. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Determination of bisphenol A and 10 alkylphenols in serum using SDS micelle capillary electrophoresis with ,-cyclodextrin

BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY, Issue 7 2001
Masatoki Katayama
A new micelle capillary electrophoresis based on cyclodextrin micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) for the determination of bisphenol A and 10 alkylphenols in rat serum is reported. Several surfactants and dextrins were studied. Bisphenol A and alkylphenols were separated using a 50,µm,×,50,cm capillary with 20,mM borate phosphate buffer (pH 8.0) containing 20,mM sodium dodecylsulfate and 5,mM ,-cyclodextrin as carrier. The method could determine 0.6,2000,µg/mL of phenols in 100,µL serum by photometric detection at 214,nm. Using 2.0,mL serum, 1.0,ng/mL of phenols could be determined. The relative standards deviations were 6.3,7.7% at 10,µg/mL in serum. The recoveries were 91.8,93.0% with 10,µg/mL serum samples. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


New method for the simultaneous estimation of intrinsic hepatic clearance and protein binding by matrix inhibition

BIOPHARMACEUTICS AND DRUG DISPOSITION, Issue 1 2008
Takahide Uchimura
Abstract The purpose of this study was to develop a method for estimating the hepatic clearance (CLh) without using a protein binding test. This method allows the simultaneous evaluation of the intrinsic hepatic clearance (CLint) with a correction for microsomal binding, and the free fraction in the serum (fu). It uses the decrease in metabolic velocity achieved by decreasing the free fraction of a compound in the incubation mixture (fuinc) by the addition of serum, and by changing the microsomal protein concentration. This method is denoted as the ,matrix inhibition method', because it uses the inhibition of the metabolic velocity by the incubation matrix. The metabolic rates of eight compounds (diazepam, imipramine, warfarin, and compounds A,E) were evaluated under several incubation conditions using rat serum and microsomes. The correlation of CLint evaluated using the method and using equilibrium dialysis after the CLint was corrected for microsomal binding was r,=,0.968. The correlation of fu,·,CLint was r,=,0.996. Although the method required a high enough fu and fumicrosomes difference among the reaction conditions for each compound, it could evaluate CLint and fu simultaneously and easily by adding additional reaction conditions to the metabolic stability tests performed in ADME screening. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Pharmacokinetics and protein binding of the selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor 7-nitroindazole

BIOPHARMACEUTICS AND DRUG DISPOSITION, Issue 6 2000
Mark A. Bush
Abstract Utilization of nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) inhibitors to probe the role of NO in various central nervous system processes requires use of an inhibitor selective for neuronal NOS, and is facilitated by knowledge of the pharmacokinetics of the inhibitor. The present project was undertaken to elucidate the disposition of the selective neuronal NOS inhibitor 7-nitroindazole (7-NI). A simple, specific HPLC assay was developed with requisite sensitivity to quantitate 7-NI in serum after administration of pharmacologically relevant doses. Further experiments were performed to assess the effects of administered dose on 7-NI disposition. 7-NI displayed marked nonlinearity, consistent with saturable elimination, when administered by ip injection in peanut oil. The nonlinearity was related to total dose, but not to the concentration of 7-NI in the vehicle. Binding of 7-NI in rat serum was concentration-independent and does not contribute to the nonlinearity. Various formulations for iv administration of this water-insoluble compound were evaluated; the optimal vehicle, from the standpoint of 7-NI solubility, appeared to inhibit the clearance of 7-NI from the systemic circulation. Considering the nonlinear disposition of 7-NI, knowledge of the pharmacokinetics of this inhibitor is requisite to designing administration protocols to achieve the desired magnitude and duration of NOS inhibition. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


The nutritional and metabolic indices in rats fed cholesterol-containing diets supplemented with durian at different stages of ripening

BIOFACTORS, Issue 2-3 2007
Maria Leontowicz
Abstract The aim of this investigation was to assess the nutritional and health properties of Mon Thong durian cultivar at different stages of ripening. The assessment was carried out in vitro and in vivo. The contents of dietary fibers, minerals and trace metals at different stages of ripening were comparable. Total polyphenols (mgGAE/100 g FW) and flavonoids (mg CE/100 gFW) in ripe durian (358.8 ± 31.4 and 95.4 ± 9.3) were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than in mature (216.1 ± 1 and 39.9 ± 3.8) and overripe (283.3 ± 26.2 and 53.5 ± 4.9). Antioxidant capacity (,MTE/100 g FW) in total polyphenol extracts of ripe durian measured by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) and [2,2'-azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)] (ABTS) assays (259.4 ± 23.6 and 2341.8 ± 93.2) were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that of mature (151.6 ± 15.2 and 1394.6 ± 41.5) and overripe (201.7 ± 19.4 and 1812.2 ± 61.4) samples. The correlation coefficients between the bioactive compounds in different stages of ripening and their antioxidant capacities were high (R2 = 0.99). Then 35 male Wistar rats were divided into 5 dietary groups each of 7 and named Control, Chol, Chol/Mature, Chol/Ripe and Chol/Overripe. During 30 days of the experiment the rats of all 5 groups were fed basal diet (BD), which included wheat starch, casein, soybean oil, vitamin and mineral mixtures. The rats of the Control group were fed a BD only. To the BD of the Chol group was added 1% of cholesterol. The BD of the Chol/Mature, Chol/Ripe and Chol/Overripe groups was supplemented with 1% of cholesterol and 5% of the mature, ripe and overripe durian as freeze-dried powder, respectively. Diets containing ripe and to a lesser degree mature and overripe durian significantly hindered the rise in plasma lipids and also hindered a decrease in plasma antioxidant activity. The nitrogen retention in rats of the Chol/Ripe group was significantly higher (63.6%, P < 0.05) than in other diet groups and the level of the plasma glucose remained normal. A decrease in fibrinogen fraction with ripe durian included in rat's diets was shown by electrophoretic separation. These changes were detected mostly in the low molecular weight proteins of rat's serum. Histological examination of aorta showed only slight differences in the tissue. In conclusion, ripe durian contains higher quantity of bioactive compounds, has higher antioxidant capacity and nutritional value. It positively affects the plasma lipid profile, the plasma glucose and the antioxidant activity in rats fed cholesterol enriched diets. Therefore, the ripe durian supplemented diet could be beneficial for patient suffering from hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus. [source]


Content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in serum and liver of rats fed restricted diets supplemented with vitamins B2, B6 and folic acid

BIOFACTORS, Issue 1-4 2004
Jerzy Bertrandt
Abstract The aim of study was to investigate an influence of nutritional deficiency and dietary addition of vit. B2, B6 and folic acid on PUFAs content in rats' serum and liver. Limitation of consumption full value diet to 50% of its previously determined daily consumption, enriched with m/a vitamins, significant decreased of linoleic (LA) and ,-linolenic (ALA) acids as well as distinctly increased arachidonic (AA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids content in serum in 30th day. In 60th day lower content of AA and DHA fatty acids was found. Nutrition with such diet, lasting 90 days caused decrease of LA content and increase of AA. Diet limitation to its 30% of daily consumption decreased of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and DHA in the 30th day, while AA and DHA content was increased in the 60th day. Distinct decrease of AA content and increase of EPA content were found in the 90th day of experiment. Use of diets, with limited consumption to 50% caused increase of LA and ALA acids content while AA and DHA acids content were significantly decreased in the liver, in 90th day. Limited consumption supplemented diet to 30% caused in liver significant decrease of LA and increase of EPA acids content. [source]