Effect of long-term dietary supplementation of high-gamma-linolenic canola oil versus borage oil on growth, hematology, serum biochemistry, and N-6 fatty acid metabolism in rats

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3960-3966

  Liu, Jim Wen ^a   DeMichele, Stephen J ^a   Palombo, John ^b   Chuang, Lu Te ^a   Hastilow, Christine ^a   Bobik Jr , Emil ^a   Huang, Yung Sheng ^a,c  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma linolenic acid; Phospholipids; Stereospecific distribution of GLA

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BORAGE OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; HIGH GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID CANOLA OIL; OIL; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; RAPESEED OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; HEMATOLOGY; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PARAMETER; PLANT SEED; RAPESEED; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SAFETY; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BORAGINACEAE; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 2942535915     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0496651     Document Type: Article

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