Are polyunsaturated fatty acids useful in Alzheimer's disease?

Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech

Volumn 19, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 27-30

  Das, Undurti N ^a  

^a UND LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (EPA) AND DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (DHA); EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; FREE RADICAL GENERATION; INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (PUFAS); PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES;

FREE RADICALS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53849106141     PISSN: 17226996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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