Low liver conversion rate of α-linolenic to docosahexaenoic acid in awake rats on a high-docosahexaenoate-containing diet

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1812-1822

  Igarashi, Miki ^a   Ma, Kaizong ^a   Chang, Lisa ^a   Bell, Jane M ^a   Rapoport, Stanley I ^a   DeMar Jr , James C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Incorporation; Infusion; Pulse labeling; Synthesis; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SYNTHESIS; TURNOVER TIME;

ACYL COENZYME A; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; KINETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33747148931     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M600030-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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