An update on the pathways of polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-138

  Sprecher, Howard ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LIVER; METABOLISM; MICROBODY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RAT; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LIVER; MICROBODIES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS;

EID: 0033093771     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-199903000-00007     Document Type: Article

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