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Comparative effects of dietary corn, fish and Krill oils on intestinal glycosylation.

Authors :
Ruggiero-Lopez D
Servetto C
Lopez E
Lenoir D
Alallon W
Biol MC
Louisot P
Martin A
Source :
Biochemistry and molecular biology international [Biochem Mol Biol Int] 1994 Aug; Vol. 33 (5), pp. 1001-10.
Publication Year :
1994

Abstract

Antarctic Krill is considered as a valuable protein resource for animal and human nutrition. Due to the high content of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids of the n-3 family, Krill consumption could be also interesting in cardiovascular diseases. In the search for the demonstration of the absence of toxicity of Krill, we studied the effect of Krill oil, as compared to fish and corn oil, on the rat intestinal fucosylation process at weaning, a very sensitive model of the influence of nutritional factors. Krill oil containing diets were very well tolerated as compared to other currently used oils and induced only slight modification in fucose and mannose proportions in intestinal glycoprotein sugars. These modifications were not reflected in the enzymatic activities involved in the fucosylation pathway. These results confirm the harmlessness of Krill derived products and their possible use in human nutrition.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1039-9712
Volume :
33
Issue :
5
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Biochemistry and molecular biology international
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
7987247