Comparison of the bioavailability of docosapentaenoic acid (DPA, 22:5N-3) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5n-3) in the rat

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-26

  Ghasemi Fard, Samaneh ^a   Linderborg, Kaisa M ^b   Turchini, Giovanni M ^a   Sinclair, Andrew J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

20:5n 3; 22:5n 3; Absorption; Excretion; Lipid metabolism; N 3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA); Omega 3

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FECES LIPID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT CONTENT; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

RATTUS;

20:5N-3; 22:5N-3; ABSORPTION; EXCRETION; LIPID METABOLISM; N-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (PUFA); OMEGA-3;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIETARY FATS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84891144765     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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