title: The effect of dietary fat supplements on the activity of palmitic and stearic acid desaturases based on the results of a study of the fatty acid composition of neutral lipids in blood serum and liver of rats receiving a fat-free diet
abstract: Background. Desaturase enzymes are involved in the formation of monoenoic acids from saturated fatty acids. One such enzyme is stearyl-CoA-desaturase (SCD1), which converts stearic acid to oleic acid. The aim of this work was to determine the effect of edible fats with different fatty acid compositions on SCD1 activity.&#x0D; Methods. High linoleic sunflower oil (HLSO), high oleic sunflower oil (HOSO) and palm oil (PO) were used. The rats were fed for 30 days with a semi-synthetic diet that did 
journal: Journal of Education Health and Sport