Increasing dietary α-linolenic acid enhances tissue levels of long-chain n-3 pufa when linoleic acid intake is low in hamsters

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-58

  Aziz, Alfred A ^a   Cruz Hernandez, Cristina ^a   Plouffe, Louise J ^a   Casey, Valerie ^a   Xiao, Chaowu ^a   Nimal Ratnayake, W M ^a  

^a Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fish oils; n 3 Fatty acids; n 6:n 3 ratio; Omega 3 index

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; HAMSTER; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FISH OILS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 77955532890     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000317345     Document Type: Article

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