Plasma incorporation, apparent retroconversion and β-oxidation of 13C-docosahexaenoic acid in the elderly

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Plourde, Mélanie ^a   Chouinard Watkins, Raphaël ^a   Vandal, Milène ^b   Zhang, Ying ^c   Lawrence, Peter ^c   Brenna, J Thomas ^c   Cunnane, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79251576788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-8-5     Document Type: Article

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