Effects of dietary fish oil supplementation on the phospholipid composition and fluidity of cell membranes from human volunteers

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 290-300

  Lund, Elizabeth K ^a   Harvey, Linda ^a   Ladha, Shabirali ^a   Clark, David C ^a   Johnson, Ian T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erythrocytes; Fish; Lipoproteins; Membrane fluidity; PUFA

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0033387627     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012797     Document Type: Article

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