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06 Nov 08
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Correction of essential fatty acid deficiency in newborn infants by cutaneous application of sunflower-seed oil.
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Two newborn infants receiving long-term, fat-free parenteral nutrition developed essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency. Biochemical evidence of EFA deficiency was documented in plasma, red blood cells, and adipose tissue and included a decrease in arachidonic and linoleic acids, an increase in 5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid, palmitoleic and oleic acids and a trienoic/tetraenoic ratio of more than 0.4. Cutaneous application of sunflower-seed oil, a source rich in the essential fat linoleic acid, rapidly reversed the clinical and biochemical manifestations of deficiency in plasma.
05 Nov 08
The Permeability Barrier in Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency: Evidence for a Direct Role fo
17 Oct 08
Impact of topical oils on the skin barrier: possible implications for neonatal health in developing countries.
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Impact of topical oils on the skin barrier: possible implications for neonatal health in developing countries.
Effect of topical treatment with skin barrier-enhancing emollients on nosocomial infections in preterm infants in Bangladesh: a randomised controlled
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Our findings confirm that skin application of sunflower seed oil provides protection against nosocomial infections in preterm very low birthweight infants. The low cost, availability, simplicity, and effect of treatment make it an important intervention for very low birthweight infants admitted to hospital in developing countries.
13 Oct 08
CORRECTION OF THE CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS OF ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY IN MAN BY APPLICATION OF SUNFLOWER-SEED OIL TO THE SKIN
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After cutaneous application of sunflower-seed oil, which is rich in linoleic acid, to their right forearms for 2 weeks, the level of linoleic acid in their epidermal lecithin was markedly increased, the rate of transepidermal water loss was significantly lowered, and the scaly lesions disappeared. No such changes were seen in their left forearms after cutaneous application of olive oil, rich in oleic acid. Control patients who were not malabsorbers and were not deficient in essential fatty acids showed none of these changes after cutaneous application of sunflower-seed oil.
29 May 08
Topically Applied Sunflower Seed Oil Prevents Invasive Bacterial Infections in Preterm Infants
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