Comparative study of major lipid constituents in human and monkey aorta
Rajvir Dahiya S Majumdar N K Ganguly R N Chakravarti
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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.
Rajvir Dahiya1 S Majumdar1 N K Ganguly1 R N Chakravarti1
Volume 48, 2023
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