“…Recently, a preliminary report indicated that arachidonic acid content of rat platelets was directly correlated with changes in thromboxane B 2 production after stimulation of the platelets by collagen. 155 After human volunteers were fed relatively low amounts (25 ml/day) of a corn oil supplement, collagen-induced thromboxane B 2 production significantly decreased (60 to 20 ng/ml) even though the arachidonic acid content of platelet phospholipids was unchanged.…”