The polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of hepatic and plasma lipids differ by both sex and dietary fat intake in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Childs, Caroline E ^a   Romeu Nadal, Meritxell ^a,b   Burdge, Graham C ^a   Calder, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FAT; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LOW FAT DIET; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; LINSEED OIL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOYBEAN OIL;

GLYCINE MAX; RATTUS;

EID: 74949133571     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.115691     Document Type: Article

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