A comparison of serum omega-3 fatty acid concentrations between patients with coronary heart disease and healthy subjects

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-74

  Alshatwi, Ali A ^a   Alrefai, Noura A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Coronary heart disease; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoicacid; Omega 3; Omega 6

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33846989759     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2007.72.74     Document Type: Article

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