Comparative study of major lipid constituents in human and monkey aorta.
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1983-06
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Abstract
The contents of total lipids, phospholipids, cholesterol, triglyceride and free fatty
acid in intima and media of thoracic and abdominal segments of aorta from normal human
subjects and rhesus monkeys were determined. An increase in total lipids in intima as
compared to that of media was noted in both species. A comparison of lipid contents of
thoracic and abdominal segments from both species revealed that abdominal segment
contained significantly greater lipid. Further, human thoracic and abdominal aortic intima
and media had higher content of cholesterol as compared to that of monkey aorta. The
differences in lipid profile in aorta of these two species have been highlighted to provide a clue
with respect to the differences in the prevalence and morphology of atherosclerosis as seen in
monkey and man.
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Neutral and phospholipids, human and monkey aorta
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Dahiya Rajvir, Mjumdar S, Ganguly N K, Chakravarti R N. Comparative study of major lipid constituents in human and monkey aorta. Journal of Biosciences. 1983 Jun; 5(2): 167-172.