Effects of γ-linolenic acid and its positional isomer pinolenic acid on immune parameters of Brown-Norway rats

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 223-229

  Matsuo, N ^a   Osada, K ^b   Kodama, T ^a   Lim, B O ^a   Nakao, A ^a   Yamada, K ^a   Sugano, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LINOLEIC ACID; OVALBUMIN; PRIMROSE OIL; SAFFLOWER OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; OENOTHERA; PINUS KORAIENSIS; PRIMULA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0029832384     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(96)90002-2     Document Type: Article

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