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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 45, 399-405, Copyright © 1987 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc


ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Storage of medium-chain triglycerides in adipose tissue of orally fed infants

P Sarda, G Lepage, CC Roy and P Chessex

The effect of the fatty acid content of the diet on that of adipose tissue was studied in 5 newborn infants studied prior to feeding and 30 infants fed ad libitum from birth with either human milk or a commercial formula as the sole nutrient. Significant positive linear correlations of dietary intake on adipose tissue content of fatty acids were found for both long- and medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA). Infants stored up to 12% of MCFAs in their subcutaneous fat. The technique of direct transesterification improved the recovery of the volatile MCFAs and could explain the finding that medium-chain triglyceride storage in adipose tissue is more extensive than in previous reports. This study documents that MCFAs are not used solely as a source of energy: they can be reesterified or serve for chain elongation, before being deposited in fat stores.


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