Raised dietary n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake increases 2-series prostaglandin production during labour in the ewe

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 562, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 583-592

  Elmes, M ^a   Green, L R ^b   Poore, K ^b   Newman, J ^b   Burrage, D ^b   Abayasekara, D R E ^a   Cheng, Z ^a   Hanson, M A ^b   Wathes, D C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SOMATOMEDIN C; UREA; 13,14 DIHYDRO 15 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; SHEEP; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EWE; FAT INTAKE; FETUS BLOOD; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL BLOOD; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIET; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETUS; HORMONES; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP;

EID: 12744254935     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.071969     Document Type: Article

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