Linoleic acid is associated with lower long-chain n-6 and n-3 fatty acids in red blood cell lipids of Canadian pregnant women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-31

  Friesen, Russell W ^a   Innis, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; VENOUS BLOOD; BLOOD; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; METABOLISM; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DIETARY FATS; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHANOLAMINES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HUMANS; LECITHINS; LINOLEIC ACID; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049114635     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28206     Document Type: Article

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