Flaxseed oil and fish-oil capsule consumption alters human red blood cell n-3 fatty acid composition: A multiple-dosing trial comparing 2 sources of n-3 fatty acid

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 801-809

  Barceló Coblijn, Gwendolyn ^a   Murphy, Eric J ^a   Othman, Rgia ^b   Moghadasian, Mohammed H ^b   Kashour, Tarek ^b   Friel, James K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SUNFLOWER OIL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINSEED; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; NORMAL HUMAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HELIANTHUS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 51749101297     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/88.3.801     Document Type: Article

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