Sensitivity of fetus and pups to excess levels of maternal intakes of alpha linolenic acid at marginal protein levels in Wistar rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 333-342

  Rao, Shobha Suryaprakasa ^a   Kale, Anvita Anand ^b   Joshi, Sadhana Ramchandra ^b   Mahadik, Sahebarao Prabhu ^c  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University   (India)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha linolenic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SOYBEAN OIL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; LACTATION; LINSEED OIL; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOYBEAN OIL;

GLYCINE MAX; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 35648952749     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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