Abstract
With Reid's filtration technique as a bioassay for evaluating red blood cell (RBC) deformability, we found that tripalmitolein, triolein and trilinolein improved the deformability of calcium-loaded RBC while glycerol, linoleic acid, dilinoleoyl phosphatidyl choline, trilpalmitin, tristearin, trilinolenin and triarachidonin did not. Maximal effect of tripalmitolein, triolein and trilinolein was achieved at 10-9, 10-10 and 10-8 M respectively. We propose that only those triacylglycerols which contain fatty acids with one or two double bonds could modify RBC membrane fluidity and improve RBC deformability.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 351-353 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 05 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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