[Changes in the lipid spectrum of the lungs in poisoning by nitrogen oxides or adrenaline]

The content of lipids and fatty acids was measured in lung tissue of intact rats and animals with lung edema caused by nitrogen oxide or adrenaline. Lung edema was found to involve disagreement between the phospholipid and fatty acid spectra and to increase the permeability of membranes. The toxic and adrenaline-induced edemas were found identical as regards the type of changes in the ratio of fractions of neutral lipids, phospholipids, and fatty acid spectrum, that is, these shifts represent a nonspecific reaction of lung tissue to aggression.