Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids in asthma- and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1335-1346

  Mickleborough, T D ^a   Rundell, K W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial responsiveness; Exercise induced asthma; Fish oil; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LEUKOTRIENE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTANOID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; ATOPY; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; ECOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYPHYLAXIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS;

EID: 31344447756     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602250     Document Type: Review

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