Level of polyunsaturated fatty acids and the n-6 to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid ratio in the rat diet alter serum lipid levels and lymphocyte functions

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-160

  Jeffery, N M ^a   Newsholme, E A ^a   Calder, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030871297     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(97)90005-3     Document Type: Article

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