Oral supplementation with γ-linolenic acid extracted from Mucor circinelloides improves the deformability of red blood cells in hemodialysis patients

Nephron

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-128

  Iijima, Shigeruko ^a,f   Otsuka, Fujio ^b   Kikuchi, Hiroshi ^c   Yamada, Keiko ^d   Nakajima, Toshiaki ^e   Yahiro, Kenichi ^e   Kondo, Akihiro ^e  

^a Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c Tsukuba Gakuen Hospital   (Japan)

^d Kowa Technosearch Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e IDEMITSU KOSAN CO LTD   (Japan)

^f MITO SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Fatty acid composition; Filterability; Fungal oil; Hemodialysis; Mucor circinelloides; Phospholipid; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

E MIX; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ITCHNON; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FUNGUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUCOR; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0033820454     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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