Medium Chain Triglycerides

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Bergen SS , Hashim SA , Van Itallie TB Hyperketonemia induced in man by medium chain triglyceride. Diabetes 1966;15:723-5.

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Huttenlocher PR Wilbourn AJ Signore JM Medium chain triglycerides as a therapy for intractable childhood epilepsy. Neurology 1971:21:1097-1103.

Huttenlocker PR Ketonemia and seizures: Metabolic and anticom ulsant effects of two ketogenic diets in childhood epilepsy. Pediatr Res 1976;10:536-40.

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White RP , Samson FE Effect of fatty acid anions on the electroencephalogram of unanesthetized rabbits. Am J Physiol 1956;186:271-4.

Isselbacher KL Discussion of MCT effects in other adult diseases . In: Senior JR , ed. Medium chain triglycerides. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1968:173-183.

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Lincheer WG Replacement of dietary fat by MCTs in cirrhotic patients. In: Senior JR , ed. Medium chain triglycerides . Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1968:165-83.

Rabinowitz JL , Staeffen J. , Aumonier P. , et al. A method for serum octanoate in hepatic cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy. Clin Chem 1977;23:2202-6.

Lincheer WG , Blum AL , Platt RR Transfer of medium chain fatty acids from blood to spinal fluid in patients with cirrhosis. Gastroenterology 1970;58:509-15.

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Sanbar SS , Martin JM Stimulation by octanoate of insulin release from isolated rat pancreas . Metabolism 1967;16:482-4.

Greenberger NJ , Tzagournis M. , Graves TM Stimulation of insulin secretion in man by medium chain triglycerides. Metabolism 1968 ;17:796-801.