Normo and iperlipidic diet influence on fatty acid composition and mitochondrial functionality in rat heart.

This work reports the effect of normo and iperlipidic diets with different fatty acid content on some rat heart mitochondria functionality parameters. Normolipidic assumption according to their fatty acid pattern, affect the mitochondrial structure qualitative aspect but not significantly functionality. An oxidative phosphorylation slowing down is observed on group fed with iperlipidic diets, but not on groups fed with soja phospholipids, where this phenomenon seems to be mitigated.