Abstract
To investigate the metabolic effects of intravenously administered odd-numbered medium-chain triglycerides in healthy non-stressed animals, trinonanoin/long-chain triglyceride (LCT) (7/3) fat emulsions were given in a high dose (46.5% energy) to rabbits (n = 8) for 11 days within a total parenteral nutrition regimen. In comparison with medium-chain triglyceride (MCT)/LCT fat emulsions, higher plasma glucose (day 4), plasma lactate and pyruvate (day 11) and liver glycogen concentrations were found for the test group, indicating a glucogenic effect of the trinonanoin/LCT emulsion. With the present study design, nitrogen balance of the rabbits was not significantly influenced by the kind of fat emulsion administered.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 320-327 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Fat metabolism
- Medium-chain triglycerides
- Odd-numbered trinonanoin
- Parenteral nutrition
- Rabbits