Arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids are biosynthesized from their 18-carbon precursors in human infants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-54

  Salem Jr , Norman ^a   Wegher, Brent ^a   Mena, Patricia ^b   Uauy, Ricardo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Desaturation; Elongation; Fatty acid metabolism; Gas chromatography; Infant nutrition; Mass spectrometry; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DEUTERIUM; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030058372     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.1.49     Document Type: Article

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