Cardiac (n-3) non-esterified fatty acids are selectively increased in fish oil-fed pigs following myocardial ischemia

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1518-1523

  Nair, Sudheera S D ^a   Leitch, James ^b   Falconer, John ^a   Garg, Manohar L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

(n 3) Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Ischemia; Myocardium; Nonesterified fatty acids; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HYPOXIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032799036     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.8.1518     Document Type: Article

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