Artificial rearing with docosahexaenoic acid and n-6 docosapentaenoic acid alters rat tissue fatty acid composition

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2471-2477

  Stark, Ken D ^a   Lim, Sun Young ^b   Salem Jr , Norman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose; Brain; Erythrocytes; Gas chromatography; Heart; Kidney; Liver; Muscle; Plasma; Testes

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; N 6 DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT BODY; FEEDING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35848939164     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M700317-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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