Dietary long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids influence tissue fatty acid composition in rats at weaning

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 887-897

  Suárez, Antonio ^a   Del Carmen Ramírez, María ^a   Faus, María José ^a   Gil, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

arachidonic acid; docosahexaenoic acid; long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; rata

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FAT INTAKE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029937646     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.4.887     Document Type: Article

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