Differences between polyunsaturated fatty acid status of non-institutionalised elderly women and younger controls: A bioconversion defect can be suspected

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 591-596

  Babin, F ^a   Abderrazik, M ^b   Favier, F ^b   Cristol, J P ^a   Leger C L ^a   Papoz, L ^b   Descomps, B ^a,c  

^a Institut de Biologie   (France)

^b Montpellier 1 University   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary gas chromatography; Deficiency; Erythrocyte; Non institutionalised elderly women; Peroxisomal oxidation; Plasma lipid fractions; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; 5 desaturase

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LINOLEIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; MEAT; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0032869422     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600792     Document Type: Article

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