Dietary docosahexaenoic acid-enriched phospholipids normalize urinary melatonin excretion in adult (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acid-deficient rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2074-2080

  Zaouali Ajina, Monia ^a   Gharib, Abdallah ^b   Durand, Georges ^c   Gazzah, Noureddine ^d   Claustrat, Bruno ^e   Gharib, Claude ^a   Sarda, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Lab Neuropharmacologie Molec U   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d Ecl Cadres et Techniciens de la S   (Tunisia)

^e HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

6 sulfatoxymelatonin; DHA; Melatonin; Phospholipids; Pineal gland; Rats

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; MELATONIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RAT; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032703430     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.11.2074     Document Type: Article

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