Milk in the island of Chole [Tanzania] is high in lauric, myristic, arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids, and low in linoleic acid Reconstructed diet of infants born to our ancestors living in tropical coastal regions

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 221-233

  Kuipers, Remko S ^a   Smit, Ella N ^a   van der Meulen, Jan ^b   Janneke Dijck Brouwer, D A ^a   Rudy Boersma, E ^b   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LAURIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COCONUT; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; LAKE; LIPID COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; TANZANIA; TROPICS; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COCOS; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EVOLUTION; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; INFANT; LAURIC ACIDS; LINOLEIC ACID; MILK, HUMAN; MYRISTIC ACID; PREGNANCY; TANZANIA;

EID: 34247112281     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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