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“With safflower oil supplementation serum levels of arachidonic increased from 14.18 +/- 2.58 micrograms/ml to 19.99 +/- 7.99 micrograms/ml (p < 0.05); this was associated with a concomitant decline in the malformation rate.”
JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition • 1992 | View Paper
“ Arachidonic acid content of plasma lipids was significantly elevated in animals fed the safflower oil diet and remained unchanged by feeding the linseed oil diet, when compared with the isocaloric control animals fed hydrogenated beef tallow.”
“The arachidonic acid content of plasma lipids was significantly elevated in animals on the safflower oil diet at 20 and 40 energy % while those on the same level of liver oil diet showed a marked reduction in arachidonic acid.”