Temporal changes in plasma and liver lipids and in the hepatic activities of acetyl-coenzyme a carboxylase and fatty acid synthetase after oestrogen treatment of the male chicken (gallus domesticus)

Abstract 1. 1. Male chickens ( Gallus domesticus ) were treated with a single intramuscular injection of oestradiol-17β, then changes in the liver and plasma levels of triacylglycerol, phospholipid, nonesterified fatty acids and in the hepatic activities of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and fatty acid synthetase were measured at various times after injection. 2. 2. The results suggest that the initial phase ( 20 hr) of oestrogen-induced lipogenesis in avian liver.