Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2017)

Recovery from Cogwheel Rigidity and Akinesia and Improvement in Vibration Sense and Olfactory Perception following Removal of an Epoxy-Oleic Acid DNA Adduct

  • Jean A. Monro,
  • John McLaren-Howard,
  • Mussadiq Shah,
  • Peter O. O. Julu,
  • Basant K. Puri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3512353
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2017

Abstract

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The epoxy fatty acid cis-12,13-epoxy-oleic acid, which acts as a DNA adduct, may be generated during long-term storage of many seed oils, including those used in cooking, with frying oils and fried foods being a major source in the modern human diet. Removal of this epoxy fatty acid from the locus of the N-formyl peptide receptors was associated with recovery from cogwheel rigidity and akinesia as well as with improvement in vibration sense and olfactory perception.