Normal subjects consuming physiological levels of 18:3(n-3) and 20:5(n- 3) from flaxseed or fish oils have characteristic differences in plasma lipid and lipoprotein fatty acid levels

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2130-2140

  Layne, Kim S ^a   Goh, Yeow K ^a   Jumpsen, Jacqueline A ^a   Ryan, Edmond A ^a   Chow, Peter ^b   Clandinin, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cholesterol; dietary fatty acids; humans; phospholipid; plasma lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FISH OIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LINSEED OIL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID DIET; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029831338     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.9.2130     Document Type: Article

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