Polyunsaturated fatty acids exert antiarrhythmic actions as free acids rather than in phospholipids

Lipids

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 977-982

  Weylandt, Karsten H ^a   Kang, Jing X ^a   Leaf, Alexander ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ISOPRENALINE; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PROTECTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029810068     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02522692     Document Type: Article

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