Linoleate, α-linolenate, and docosahexaenoate recycling into saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids is a major pathway in pregnant or lactating adults and fetal or infant rhesus monkeys

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2675-2686

  Sheaff Greiner, Rebecca C ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Goodman, Keith J ^a,b   Giussani, Dino A ^a   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a   Brenna, J Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Metabolic Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

linolenic acid; 13C labeling; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acid recycling; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Linoleic acid; Rhesus monkeys

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TISSUE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETUS; LACTATION; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACIDS; MACACA MULATTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030477748     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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