Docosahexaenoic acid (DMA), essentiality and requirements: Why and how to provide supplementation

Grasas y Aceites

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-237

  Valenzuela, Alfonso ^a,b   Sanhueza, B Julio ^a   Nieto, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain development; Docosahexaenoic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid sources; Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALPHA LINOLENIC ACIDS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN PHOSPHOLIPIDS; DIETARY SOURCES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ETHYL ESTER DERIVATIVES; MONOACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; NUTRITION; OBSTETRICS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACIDS;

ALGAE;

EID: 33847760769     PISSN: 00173495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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