Metabolism of stearidonic acid in human subjects: Comparison with the metabolism of other n-3 fatty acids

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1140-1145

  James, Michael J ^a   Ursin, Virginia M ^b   Cleland, Leslie G ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Calgene LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Eicosapentaenoic acid; Healthy volunteers; Metabolism; n 3 fats; Stearidonic acid; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HEXANOIC ACID; ICOSANOID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; STEARIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPOGENESIS; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE; ADOLESCENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038135045     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.5.1140     Document Type: Article

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