Moderate amounts of n-3 fatty acid enriched seafood products are effective in lowering serum triglycerides and blood pressure in healthy subjects

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-145

  Gustafsson, Inga Britt ^a   Öhrvall, Margareta ^b   Ekstrand, Bo ^b   Vessby, Bengt ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swed Inst Food and Biotech 5401   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fish oil; Insulin; n 3 fatty acids; n 6 fatty acids; Serum triglycerides; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; INSULIN; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEA FOOD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0029961071     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277X.1996.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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