The effects of dietary α-linolenic acid compared with docosahexaenoic acid on brain, retina, liver, and heart in the guinea pig

Lipids

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 475-482

  Abedin, L ^a   Lien, E L ^b   Vingrys, A J ^c   Sinclair, A J ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; GUINEA PIG; HEART; LIVER; NONHUMAN; RETINA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRAIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; LIVER; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RETINA; THROMBOXANE B2;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033055142     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-999-0387-3     Document Type: Article

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