Dietary arachidonic acid dose-dependently increases the arachidonic acid concentration in human milk

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2190-2197

  Weseler, Antje R ^a   Dirix, Chantal E H ^a   Bruins, Maaike J ^b   Hornstra, Gerard ^c,d  

^a NutriScience BV   (Netherlands)

^b DSM FOOD SPECIALTIES   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NUTRI SEARCH ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 55949119058     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.089318     Document Type: Article

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