Effect of different dietary omega-3/omega-6 fatty acid ratios on reproduction in male rats

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yan, Lin ^a   Bai, Xiao Long ^a   Fang, Zheng Feng ^a   Che, Lian Qiang ^a   Xu, Sheng Yu ^a   Wu, De ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Male; Omega 3 fatty acids; Omega 6 fatty acids; Ratio; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LITTER SIZE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MATING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LITTER SIZE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84874808047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-12-33     Document Type: Article

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