Dietary (n-9) eicosatrienoic acid from a cultured fungus inhibits leukotriene B4 synthesis in rats and the effect is modified by dietary linoleic acid

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1534-1540

  Cleland, Leslie G ^a   Gibson, Robert A ^b   Neumann, Mark A ^b   Hamazaki, Tomohito ^c   Akimoto, Kengo ^d   James, Michael J ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

(n 9) eicosatrienoic acid; leukotriene B4; linoleic acid; neutrophils; rats

Indexed keywords

5,8,11 ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LINOLEIC ACID; THROMBOXANE A2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; ICOSANOID METABOLISM; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; RAT;

EID: 0029886143     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.6.1534     Document Type: Article

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