Fatty acid composition of skeletal muscle reflects dietary fat composition in humans

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1222-1229

  Andersson, Agneta ^a   Nälsén, Cecilia ^a   Tengblad, Siv ^a   Vessby, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Diet; Fish oil; Monounsaturated fatty acids; n 3 Fatty acids; Saturated fatty acids; Skeletal muscle phospholipids; Skeletal muscle triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; HEPTADECANOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; PENTADECANOIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CAPSULE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0036896769     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.6.1222     Document Type: Article

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