Feeding into old age: Long-term effects of dietary fatty acid supplementation on tissue composition and life span in mice

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-298

  Valencak, Teresa G ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

C57BL 6; Life span; Membrane composition; n 3; n 6; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78651477194     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0520-8     Document Type: Article

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