Selective retention of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids in human milk lipids in the face of increasing proportions of medium chain-length (C10-14) fatty acids

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 219-224

  Schmeits, B L ^a   Vanderjagt, D J ^a   Okolo, S N ^b   Huang, Y S ^c   Glew, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MILK FAT; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOGENESIS; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032721096     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/plef.1999.0093     Document Type: Article

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