Maternal dietary α-linolenic acid (18:3n-3) alters n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism and liver enzyme activity in hatched chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 901-905

  Cherian, G ^a   Sim, J S ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chick; Egg; Liver; n 3 fatty acid; 6 desaturase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; EDIBLE OIL; LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; EGG YOLK; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FLAX; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; EGG YOLK; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FLAX; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; LIVER; MICROSOMES, LIVER;

EID: 0035407671     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.7.901     Document Type: Article

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