Addition of triglycerides with arachidonic acid or docosahexaenoic acid to infant formula has tissue- and lipid class-specific effects on fatty acids and hepatic desaturase activities in formula-fed piglets

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1376-1384

  De La Presa Owens, Sylvia ^a   Innis, Sheila M ^a   Rioux, France M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Growth; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Piglets

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GROWTH RATE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

EID: 0031876308     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.8.1376     Document Type: Article

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