Nutrition for the eye: Different susceptibility of the retina and the lacrimal gland to dietary omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid incorporation

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-224

  Schnebelen, Coralie ^a   Viau, Sabrina ^a   Grégoire, Stéphane ^a   Joffre, Corinne ^a   Creuzot Garcher, Catherine P ^a,b   Bron, Alain M ^a,b   Bretillon, Lionel ^a   Acar, Niyazi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids; Lacrimal gland; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LACRIMAL GLAND; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA;

8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA;

EID: 65649152436     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000217726     Document Type: Article

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