Quantitative lipid analysis and life span of the fat-3 mutant of caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3389-3396

  Hillyard, S Luke ^a   German, J Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Life span; Lipid analysis

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; LIPID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; LIPIDS; LONGEVITY; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 65349121253     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8031414     Document Type: Article

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