Purslane: A Terrestrial Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 315, Issue 13, 1986, Pages 833-

  Simopoulos, Artemis P ^a   Salem, Norman ^b  

^a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0022542850     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198609253151313     Document Type: Letter

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