CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Essential Fatty Acids
1.2 Importance of essential fatty acids (EFAs)
1.3 Essential fatty acid (EFA) status
1.4 Essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD) and insufficiency
1.5 Biochemical assessment of essential fatty acid status
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Intestinal absorption of (essential) fatty acids
2.1 Lipolysis
2.2 Bile
2.3 Uptake into the enterocyte
2.4 Intracellular transport of fatty acids in the enterocyte
2.5 Smoking in relation to Aortic Aneurysm
2.6 Smoking in relation to Peripheral Arterial Disease
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Malabsorption of (essential) fatty acids
3.1 Defects in lipolysis of dietary triacylglycerols in the intestinal lumen
3.2 Defects in transport between intestinal lumen and epithelium
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Conditions of impaired essential fatty acid status associated with hepatobiliary disturbances
4.1 Cholestasis
4.2 Cystic fibrosis
4.3 Essential fatty acid deficiency
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Conclusion
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