Effect of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on the arachidonic acid:eicosapentaenoic acid ratio

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 633-638

  Burns, Tammy ^a   Maciejewski, Stephanie R ^b   Hamilton, William R ^a   Zheng, Margaret ^b   Mooss, Aryan N ^b   Hilleman, Daniel E ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AA:EPA ratio; Arachidonic acid; CAM; Complementary and alternative medicine; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Lipids; Nutrition; Omega 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 34247850808     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.27.5.633     Document Type: Article

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