Choline

CHOLINE 

Sources

  • Yeast, fish meal rich in choline
  • Synthesised by sulphur containing amino acid - Methionine

Function

  • Fat metabolism
  • Oxidation of fatty acids in liver

Neutral fat→ enters liver – phosphorylation → converted to phospholipids (choline is essential)

↓ choline - ↓ phospholipids → neutral fat accumulates in liver → fatty change

Deficiency
Last modified: Thursday, 22 March 2012, 10:39 AM