Abstract
It has long been recognized that, irrespective of diet and country of origin, the major storage fatty acid in human adipose tissue (AT) is oleic acid at a concentration of between 29 and 50%. Why this is so has not been satisfactorily resolved. This chapter reviews data concerning the biological role of oleic acid and suggests some possible explanations.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of Essential Fatty Acid Biology: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Behavioral Neurobiology |
| Editors | Shlomo Yehuda, David I. Mostofsky |
| Place of Publication | Totowa, NJ |
| Publisher | Humana Press |
| Pages | 89-101 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4757-2582-7 |
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| State | Published - 1997 |