Femur EPA and DHA are correlated with femur biomechanical strength in young fat-1 mice

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 453-461

  Lau, Beatrice Y Y ^a   Ward, Wendy E ^a   Kang, Jing X ^b   Ma, David W L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanical bone strength; Bone mineral density; Mice; n 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; SAFFLOWER OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT 1 MOUSE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FEMALE; FEMUR; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; MUS;

EID: 66449110191     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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