Dietary enrichment of eggs with omega-3 fatty acids: A review

Food Research International

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 961-969

  Fraeye, Ilse ^a   Bruneel, Charlotte ^a   Lemahieu, Charlotte ^a   Buyse, Johan ^b   Muylaert, Koenraad ^b   Foubert, Imogen ^a  

^a LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eggs; Fish oil; Flaxseed; Microalgae; Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

EGGS; FISH OIL; FLAXSEED; MICRO-ALGAE; OMEGA-3;

ALGAE; FLAX; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRITION; OILSEEDS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84866404318     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2012.03.014     Document Type: Review

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