Effect of dietary n-3 fatty acids on the composition of long- and very-long-chain polyenoic fatty acid in rat retina

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-213

  Xi, Zhu Ping ^a   Wang, Jin Ye ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Retina; Rod outer segment; Very long chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINA; RETINA ROD; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041310969     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.49.210     Document Type: Article

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