Role of plant-derived omega-3 fatty acids in human nutrition

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 263-265

  Crawford, Michael ^a   Galli, Claudio ^b   Visioli, Francesco ^b   Renaud, Serge ^c   Simopoulos, Artemis P ^d   Spector, Arthur A ^e  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Center for Nutrition Genetics & Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL ADHESION; CHLOROPLAST; DERIVATIZATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

EID: 0034518623     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046694     Document Type: Article

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