Comparison of growth, serum biochemistries and n-6 fatty acid metabolism in rats fed diets supplemented with high-gamma-linolenic acid safflower oil or borage oil for 90days

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1911-1919

  Tso, Patrick ^a   Caldwell, Jody ^a   Lee, Dana ^a   Boivin, Gregory P ^b   DeMichele, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

90Day toxicity; Gamma linolenic acid; Genetically modified safflower oil; GLA safflower oil; Rats; Safflower

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BORAGE OIL; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SAFFLOWER OIL; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MESENTERY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SAFETY; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BORAGO; DIET; EATING; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GROWTH; KIDNEY; MALE; MESENTERY; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAFFLOWER OIL; SPLEEN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

BORAGINACEAE; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84860123109     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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