Plasma Free Fatty Acids and the Rare-Earth Fatty Liver.

Abstract

1. Cerium (2 mg/kg) causes an early decrease in serum glucose and a later significant increase in plasma free fatty acids followed by fatty degeneration of the liver. 2. Conditions that prevent the free fatty acid and fatty liver responses are (a) administration of the cerium as a bound complex or particle, and (b) use of hypophysec-tomized, diabetic, or male rats.