Dietary supplementation with γ-linolenic acid alters fatty acid content and eicosanoid production in healthy humans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1435-1444

  Johnson, Margaret M ^a   Swan, Dennis D ^a   Surette, Marc E ^a   Stegner, Jane ^a   Chilton, Tanya ^a   Fonteh, Alfred N ^a   Chilton, Floyd H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Humans; Inflammation; Leukotrienes; Neutrophils; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GLYCEROLIPID; ICOSANOID; LEUKOTRIENE B4; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICOSANOID METABOLISM; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030764673     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.8.1435     Document Type: Article

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