Using a fingertip whole blood sample for rapid fatty acid measurement: Method validation and correlation with erythrocyte polar lipid compositions in UK subjects

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1408-1415

  Gordon Bell, J ^a   MacKinlay, Elizabeth E ^a   Dick, James R ^a   Younger, Irene ^a   Lands, Bill ^b   Gilhooly, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c 12 Sovereign Court   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood fatty acids; Long chain PUFA; Percentage of n 3 HUFA total HUFA; Rapid analysis

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTE PHOSPHOLIPID; FISH OIL; HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE POLAR LIPID COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID STABILITY TEST; FINGERTIP WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FINGERS; HUMANS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

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EID: 80055026609     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001978     Document Type: Article

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