Dietary docosahexaenoic acid reduces the thromboxane/prostacyclin synthetic ratio in humans

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 88-92

  Ferretti, Aldo ^a   Nelson, Gary J ^b   Schmidt, Perla C ^b   Bartolini, Giovanni ^b   Kelley, Darshan S ^b   Flanagan, Vincent P ^a  

^a BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Docosahexaenoic acid; Humans; In vivo synthesis; Prostacyclin; Thromnboxane

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTHROMBOXANE B2; 2,3 DINOR 6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PROSTACYCLIN; THROMBOXANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032005361     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(97)00172-1     Document Type: Article

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