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Lymphatic Transport in Rats of Several Dietary Fats Differing in Fatty Acid Profile and Triacylglycerol Structure¹

Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, The Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

²To whom correspondence should be addressed.

We examined in rats the intestinal absorption of nine very different dietary fats (two rapeseed oils, corn, olive, palm and menhaden oil, butter, cocoa butter and lard) to investigate the influence of fatty acid profile and triacylglycerol structure on absorption. Absorption was followed for 24 h after administration of similar amounts of fats, and the accumulated lymphatic transport and amount of triacylglycerols found in lymph in response to the administered fats were calculated, revealing major differences. The transport of olive and low -linolenic rapeseed oil was significantly higher than that of the other fats (P < 0.05), except corn oil. The lymphatic transport of the other fats followed a slower course, with cocoa butter and menhaden oil having the lowest amounts transported. The amount of triacylglycerols found in lymph in response to the administered fats at 8 h ranged from 27.5% of the administered dose for cocoa butter to 72.1% for olive oil. The value for cocoa butter was significantly lower than that for most other fats. At 24 h, the values ranged from 66.5% for cocoa butter to 121.2% for olive oil. The high value for olive oil suggested transport of endogenous as well as exogenous fatty acids. The low value observed after cocoa butter resulted from decreased lipolysis and possibly also low absorption of triacylglycerols with high levels of long-chain saturated fatty acids in the sn-1/3 position. Furthermore, a low value was observed after menhaden oil administration, suggesting decreased absorption of fats containing (n-3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Overall, these results demonstrate the influence of the fatty acid composition and triacylglycerol structure on the lymphatic absorption of dietary fat.

KEY WORDS: • dietary fats • fatty acid profile • lymphatic absorption • rats • triacylglycerol structure

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