Implications of dietary α-linolenic acid in bone health

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1101-1107

  Kim, Youjin ^a   Ilich, Jasminka Z ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone turnover; Flax lignans; Flaxseed oil; Flaxseeds; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE TARTRATE RESISTANT ISOENZYME; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESTROGEN; FLAX LIGNAN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIGNAN; LINOLENIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PERILLA OIL; PLACEBO; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; BONE TURNOVER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; LINSEED; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGNANS; LINSEED OIL; MODELS, ANIMAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

ANIMALIA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 80053444327     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2011.05.012     Document Type: Review

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