Dietary eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid are more effective than alpha-linolenic acid in improving insulin sensitivity in rats

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 250-256

  Andersen, Gaby ^a   Harnack, Kerstin ^a   Erbersdobler, Helmut F ^b   Somoza, Veronika ^a,c  

^a DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT FÜR LEBENSMITTELCHEMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Insulin sensitivity; n 3 PUFA

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INSULIN; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WISTAR RAT;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 47249102647     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000140518     Document Type: Article

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