The effects of a diet rich in docosahexaenoic acid on organ and vascular fatty acid composition in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 289-295

  Engler, M M ^a   Engler, M B ^a   Kroetz, D L ^a   Boswell, K D B ^b   Neeley, E ^b   Krassner, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Martek Biosciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CORN OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; KIDNEY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033373343     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/plef.1999.0102     Document Type: Article

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