Importance of dietary γ,-linolenic acid in human health and nutrition

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1411-1414

  Fan, Yang Yi ^a   Chapkin, Robert S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15 hydroxyeicosatrienoic acid; Dihomo linolenic acid; Prostaglandin E1; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031692757     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.9.1411     Document Type: Review

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