When balanced for precursor fatty acid supply echium oil is not superior to linseed oil in enriching lamb tissues with long-chain n-3 PUFA

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-79

  Kitessa, Soressa M ^a,b   Young, Paul ^a,b   Nattrass, Greg ^a,c   Gardner, Graham ^a,d   Pearce, Kelly ^a,d   Pethick, David W ^a,d  

^a Sheep CRC   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Echium oil; Lamb meat; Linseed oil; Stearidonic acid

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ECHIUM OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; STEARIDONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HEART; LAMB; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER; LONGISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SEMIMEMBRANOSUS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ECHIUM; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FECES; LINSEED OIL; LIVER; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PLANT OILS; SHEEP;

ECHIUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84863657336     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511005411     Document Type: Article

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