Effects of γ-linolenic acid and docosahexaenoic acid in formulae on brain fatty acid composition in artificially reared rats

Lipids

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1057-1063

  Ward, G R ^a   Huang, Y S ^b   Xing, H C ^a   Bobik, E ^b   Wauben, I ^a   Auestad, N ^b   Montalto, M ^b   Wainwrigh, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOREBRAIN; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032700571     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-999-0457-6     Document Type: Article

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