Compartmental analyses of 2H5-α-linolenic acid and 13C-U-eicosapentaenoic acid toward synthesis of plasma labeled 22:6n-3 in newborn term infants

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-293

  Lin, Yu Hong ^a   Llanos, Adolfo ^b,c   Mena, Patricia ^b,c   Uauy, Ricardo ^d   Salem Jr , Norman ^a   Pawlosky, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; BLOOD; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PREMATURITY;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 77955496123     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28779     Document Type: Article

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