Bone mineral content is positively correlated to n-3 fatty acids in the femur of growing rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 674-685

  Li, Yong ^a   Seifert, Mark F ^b   Lim, Sun Young ^c   Salem Jr , Norman ^d   Watkins, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

DHA; Docosapentaenoic acid n 6; n 3 Fatty acids; Rat femur

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BONE GROWTH; BONE MARROW; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FEMUR; LIPID STORAGE; LONG BONE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PERIOSTEUM; RAT; TIBIA; ANIMAL; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FAT INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FEMUR; LINOLEIC ACID; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 77956905422     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510001133     Document Type: Article

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