The Omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio in chronic diseases: Animal models and molecular aspects

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 102, Issue , 2011, Pages 22-29

  Kang, Jing X ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80052052129     PISSN: 00842230     EISSN: 16623975     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000327787     Document Type: Article

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