Abstract
1. 1. Plasma concentrations of cholesterol, cholesteryl esters, phospholipids and triglycerides were determined for ten species of Brazilian lizards, Iguana iguana, Tropidurus torquatos and T. semitaeniatus ( Iguanidae), Tupinambis teguixin, Ameiva ameiva and Cnemidophorus ocellifer ( Teiidae), Mabuya maculata ( Scincidae), Hemidactylus mabouia ( Gekkonidae), Amphisbaenia vermicularis and Leposternon polystegum ( Amphisbaenidae). 2. 2. Considerable inter- and intra-species variations in plasma lipid concentrations were observed. 3. 3. The percentage of total cholesterol esterified and the individual phospholipid composition of plasma were relatively constant for each species. 4. 4. Over 60% of the cholesteryl esters present in plasma from three species each of iguanid and teiid lizards were polyenoic.
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