Chronic administration of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid as ethyl esters reduced plasma cholesterol and changed the fatty acid composition in rat blood and organs

Lipids

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-178

  Frøyland, Livar ^a   Vaagenes, Hege ^a   Asiedu, Daniel K ^a   Garras, Alexis ^a   Lie, Øyvind ^b   Berge, Rolf K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL; CORN OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030044691     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02522617     Document Type: Article

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