[Initial observations on lipid metabolism in the albino rat raised under normobaric hypoxic hypoxia]

The researches of Chiodi, Altland et Al. have shown fatty liver degeneration in hypoxic suckling rats. These alterations produced death within 30 days of life. In order to better understand the relationships between the fatty metabolism and hypoxia, we have studied total plasmatic lipids and cholesterol, glutamic-oxaloacetic and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase in the albino rats raised under normobaric hypoxia to avoid effects linked to barometric modifications. Total plasmatic lipids are reduced in hypoxic animals. In the others parameters we have not shown significant changes.