Effect of Dietary Carbohydrate on Fatty Acids in the R3230AC Mammary Adenocarcinoma 1

Abstract

Summary

The R3230AC mammary carcinoma demonstrated an increase in free fatty acids and triglyceride levels in animals consuming a diet high in carbohydrate content. Examination of the fatty acid composition of the lipid fractions in the tumor revealed that the dietary response was due primarily to an increase in the levels of the shorter chain fatty acids, C₁₀ and C₁₂, fatty acids that are characteristic of mammary tissue.