Substitution of dietary oleic acid for myristic acid increases the tissue storage of α-linolenic acid and the concentration of docosahexaenoic acid in the brain, red blood cells and plasma in the rat

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 636-644

  Rioux, V ^a   Catheline, D ^a   Beauchamp, E ^a   Le Bloc'H, J ^a   Pedrono F ^a   Legrand, P ^a  

^a Agrocampus French National Institute of Health and Medical Research   (France)

Author keywords

6 desaturase; (n 3) polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis and metabolism; Dietary myristic acid; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 41849109128     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108001705     Document Type: Article

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