Dietary lipids from an evolutionary perspective: Sources, structures and functions

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 2-16

  German, J Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Evolution; Lipid signals; Membrane structure and function; Milk fat

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARDIOLIPIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; COENZYME A; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MILK FAT; PALMITIC ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR DELTA; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SPHINGOMYELIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

BREAST MILK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; COLOSTRUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID SOLUBILITY; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLIC BALANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 79952219716     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00300.x     Document Type: Review

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