Placental transfer of fatty acids and fetal implications

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Larqué, Elvira ^a   Demmelmair, Hans ^b   Gil Sánchez, Alfonso ^c   Prieto Sánchez, María T ^c   Blanco, José E ^c   Pagán, Ana ^a   Faber, Fabienne L ^b   Zamora, Salvador ^a   Parrilla, Juan José ^c   Koletzko, Berthold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; CD36 ANTIGEN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STABLE ISOTOPE; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON 13; FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER 4; LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; CESAREAN SECTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG TRANSPORT; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FETUS CIRCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FETAL WELL BEING; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 82355188270     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.001230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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