Dietary oils and FADS1-FADS2 genetic variants modulate [ 13C]α-linolenic acid metabolism and plasma fatty acid composition

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-207

  Gillingham, Leah G ^a,b   Harding, Scott V ^a,b,d   Rideout, Todd C ^a,b,e   Yurkova, Natalia ^a,b   Cunnane, Stephen C ^c   Eck, Peter K ^a,b   Jones, Peter J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 2; CANOLA OIL; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTRON; MALE; OXIDATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLEIC ACID; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 84871987938     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.043117     Document Type: Article

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