Sphingolipids in Food and the Emerging Importance of Sphingolipids to Nutrition

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Vesper, Hubert ^a,d   Schmelz, Eva Maria ^a   Nikolova Karakashian, Mariana N ^a,e   Dillehay, Dirck L ^a,b   Lynch, Daniel V ^c   Merrill Jr , Alfred H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diet; Disease; Functional foods; Sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346108337     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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