Human essential fatty acid deficiency: treatment by topical application of linoleic acid
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 113 (7), 939-941
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.113.7.939
Abstract
An essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency developed in a 19-yr-old man who was being maintained on a long-term regimen of fat-free, i.v. hyperalimentation fluids. The EFA deficiency was reversed after 21 days by daily, topical application of linoleic acid to the patient''s skin. The ratio of eicosatrienoic acid (20:3, n-9) to eicosatetraenoic acid (20:4, n-6) decreased to normal levels in the skin and serum with clinical improvement of the EFA deficiency syndrome. The cutaneous manifestations (scalp dermatitis, alopecia and depigmentation of hair) were reversed with continued, topical application of safflower oil, which contains 60-70% linoleic acid.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency in Human Adults During Total Parenteral NutritionAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1975
- A SIMPLE METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF TOTAL LIPIDES FROM ANIMAL TISSUESJournal of Biological Chemistry, 1957