NON-ESTERIFIED FATTY ACIDS IN THE BLOOD OF OBESE AND LEAN SUBJECTS
NON-ESTERIFIED FATTY ACIDS IN THE BLOOD OF OBESE AND LEAN SUBJECTS
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DOI:
10.1093/ajcn/8.5.740
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发表时间:
1960-01-01
影响因子:
7.1
通讯作者:
GORDON, ES
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作者:
GORDON, ES
IT IS A common belief of pilysicians and laymen alike that basic differences in energy metabolism must exist between obese and thin human subjects. Despite the failure of biochemists and physiologists to identify any definite anotmialy, the belief has persisted that a higher over-all thermodynamic efficiency of obese lersosms could explain their apparent low requirements of energy and the resistance to weight loss which beconmes manifest when they are subjected to a sustained caloric deficit. The report herein deals with investigations bearing upon this problem as a result of the observation that the pattern of fat mobilization and utilization under fasting conditions is demonstrably different in fat and thin subjects.Non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) have been measured by the titration method described by‘Venous blood is drawn at intervals throughout the day, using heparin as the anticoagulant. It is processed immediately by centrifugation and separation of the plasma, which is then extracted with heptane. Final titration with dilute sodium hydroxide is per-formed in a two-phase system agitated with a stream of nitrogen, using bromthymol blue as an indicator. All subjects are fasted through-out the test; the first blood sample is drawn at 8: 00 AM. after an overnight fast and the last specimen drawn between 4: 00 PM and 5: 00 PM, 50 that the test period represents the last nine hours of a twenty-four hour fast. Quiet