Effect of life-long dietary n-6/n-3 fatty acid ratio on life span, serum lipids and serum glucose in wistar rats

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 394-399

  Takeuchi, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Serine, Seiji ^a   Noguchi, Osamu ^a   Murano, Yoshihiro ^a   Aoyama, Toshiaki ^a   Matsuo, Tatsuhiro ^b  

^a The Nisshin OilliO Group   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toyama College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty acid balance; Life span; N 6 n 3 ratio; Rats

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESPAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; LONGEVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 71949103703     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.55.394     Document Type: Article

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