Abstract
Five subjects consumed a meal containing ca. 1.5 mg squalene. Postprandial serum samples showed that in three of the subjects squalene and lipid levels reached maxima at 3 hr. Squalene levels in the low density lipoproteins of these subjects also increased. The results indicate that alimentation is a major factor in the variation in serum squalene levels.
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Lewis, R.W. Effect of alimentation on human serum squalene levels. Lipids 11, 430–433 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02532832
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02532832