Fatty acid composition of adipose tissue and blood in humans and its use as a biomarker of dietary intake

Progress in Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 348-380

  Hodson, Leanne ^a   Skeaff, C Murray ^b   Fielding, Barbara A ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cholesteryl esters; Desaturation; Elongation; Erythrocytes; Non esterified fatty acids; Phospholipids; Platelets; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 44949160947     PISSN: 01637827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2008.03.003     Document Type: Review

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