Sex, but not maternal protein or folic acid intake, determines the fatty acid composition of hepatic phospholipids, but not of triacylglycerol, in adult rats

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Burdge, G C ^a   Slater Jefferies, J L ^a   Grant, R A ^a   Chung, W S ^a   West, A L ^a   Lillycrop, K A ^a   Hanson, M A ^a   Calder, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEANING;

ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; LIVER; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

RATTUS;

EID: 38049026800     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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