Relationship between n-3 PUFA content and energy metabolism in the flight muscles of a migrating shorebird: Evidence for natural doping

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-420

  Maillet, Dominique ^a   Weber, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calidris pusilla; Dietary n 3 fatty acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Endurance exercise; Long distance migrant bird; Muscle enzyme; Semipalmated sandpiper

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUSCLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

AVES; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33847352456     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02660     Document Type: Article

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