What is the role of αt-linolenic acid for mammals?

Lipids

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1113-1123

  Sinclair, Andrew J ^a   Attar Bashi, Nadia M ^a   Li, Duo ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; SKIN; TUMORS;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

COD LIVER OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BINDING SITE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIPID METABOLISM; MAMMAL; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN FUNCTION; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 0037413190     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-002-1008-x     Document Type: Review

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