Brain-specific lipids from marine, lacustrine, or terrestrial food resources: Potential impact on early African Homo sapiens

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 653-673

  Broadhurst, C Leigh ^a,b   Wang, Yiqun ^c   Crawford, Michael A ^c   Cunnane, Stephen C ^d   Parkington, John E ^e   Schmidt, Walter F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Brain nutrition; Coastal origin; Docosahexaenoic acid; Evolution; Savannah foods; Sea foods

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFRICA; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCULATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENT; FETUS (ANATOMY); FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LACTATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LITTORAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAVANNA; SHELLFISH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEGETATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036201842     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00002-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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