Effect of maternal micronutrients (folic acid, vitamin B 12) and omega 3 fatty acids on liver fatty acid desaturases and transport proteins in Wistar rats

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Wadhwani, Nisha S ^a   Manglekar, Rupali R ^a   Dangat, Kamini D ^a   Kulkarni, Asmita V ^a   Joshi, Sadhana R ^a  

^a Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University   (India)

Author keywords

5 desaturase; 6 desaturase; FABP3; FATP1; Micronutrients

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER; FOLIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MESSENGER RNA; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; LIVER; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84155164259     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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