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. 1973 Nov;136(3):545–550. doi: 10.1042/bj1360545

The irreversible disposal rate of free fatty acids in the plasma of fed and starved rats

Vincent J Cunningham 1
PMCID: PMC1165988  PMID: 4780689

Abstract

1. The irreversible disposal rate coefficient for free fatty acids in the plasma of fed and starved rats was determined after a single intravenous injection of [1-14C]palmitic acid into each rat. The dose of labelled palmitic acid was given as a complex with 131I-labelled albumin in rat serum. The total amount of [1-14C]palmitic acid remaining in the plasma was determined at short times after injection from the 14C/131I ratio in the injected serum and in the collected plasma. The rate coefficient was determined from the area under the curve that describes the disappearance of [1-14C]palmitic acid with time from the plasma. Possible sources of error in these determinations are discussed. 2. The irreversible disposal rate coefficient was significantly higher in fed rats (2.07min−1) than in rats which had been starved for 24h (1.53min−1). The possible relationship between this difference and the processes whereby free fatty acids are removed from the plasma is discussed briefly. 3. An estimate of the irreversible disposal rate for free fatty acids in plasma was made from the concentration of free fatty acids in plasma and from the volume of distribution of 131I-labelled albumin. The irreversible disposal rate was significantly lower in the fed state than in the starved.

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