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A study of lipid levels in the liver of rats either 30% or 70% hepatectomized and in sham-operated animals was made 24 hours after surgery, as well as in non-operated controls. The results indicated that lipid infiltration of the remnant of the liver of the partially hepatectomized animals is dependent on the proportion of the liver removed from the animals and not on such additional factors as surgical stress, postoperative fasting, adrenalectomy or hypophy-sectomy. The treatment of the animals with either reserpine or guanethidine also did not influence the lipid levels, as indicated by those found 24 hours after partial hepatec-tomy. It was found that the levels of free fatty acids in the 70% hepatectomized rats and in the sham-operated animals were not significantly different during the first 24 hours after surgery.
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