Altered essential fatty acid metabolism and composition in rat liver, plasma, heart and brain after microalgal DHA addition to the diet

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 758-765

  Lin, Yu Hong ^a   Shah, Samit ^a   Salem, Norman ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alpha linolenic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Docosapentaenoic acid; Essential fatty acid; GC MS; Linoleic acid; Metabolism; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; RAT;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIET; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HEART; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MICROALGAE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ALGAE; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79960303991     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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